Acts 21:29
(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
Acts 21:29 in other translations
| BSB | For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple. |
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| WEB | For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. |
| ASV | For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple. |
| YLT | for they had seen before Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city with him, whom they were supposing that Paul brought into the temple. |
| DARBY | For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple. |
| BBE | For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple. |
| Webster | (For they had seen before with him in the city, Trophimus, an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) |
What does Acts 21:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 21:27-30
27-30. the Jews ... of Asia--in all likelihood those of Ephesus (since they recognized Trophimus apparently as a townsman, Ac 21:29), embittered by their discomfiture (Ac 19:9, &c.).
Barnes' Notes
Trophimus. He had accompanied Paul on his way from Ephesus, Acts 20:4.
Whom they supposed, etc. This is a most striking illustration of the manner in which accusations are often brought against others. They had seen him with Paul in the city; they inferred, therefore, that he had been with him in the temple. They did not even pretend that they had seen him in the temple; but the inference was enough to inflame the angry and excitable passions of the multitude. So in the accusations which men now often make of others. They see one thing, they infer another; they could testify to one thing, but they conclude that another thing will also be true, and that other thing they charge on them as the truth. If men would state facts as they are, no small part of the slanderous accusations against others would cease. An end would be made of most of the charges of falsehood, and error, and heresy, and dishonesty, and double-dealing, and immorality. If a statement is made, it should be of the thing as it was. If we attempt to state what a man has done, it should not be what we suppose he has done. If we attempt to state what he believes, it should not be what we suppose he believes.
(f) "Trophimus" Acts 20:4
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 21:27-40
In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a place of safety, he was violently set upon. They falsely charged him with ill doctrine and ill practice against the Mosaic ceremonies. It is no new thing for those who mean honestly and act regularly, to have things laid to their charge which they know not and never thought of. It is common for the wise and good to have that charged against them by…
Acts 21:29 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 21:29
- Acts 20:4
And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
- 2 Timothy 4:20
Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
- Acts 18:19
And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
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Context
- Acts 21:28
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
- Acts 21:29
(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
- Acts 21:30
And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
Acts 21:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque antes habían visto con él en la ciudad á Trófimo, Efesio, al cual pensaban que Pablo había metido en el templo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car ils avaient vu auparavant dans la ville Trophime l’Éphésien avec lui, et ils croyaient que Paul l’avait amené dans le temple. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn sie hatten vorher den Trophimus, den Epheser, mit ihm in der Stadt gesehen, von welchem sie meinten, daß Paulus ihn in den Tempel geführt habe. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Viderant enim Trophimum Ephesium in civitate cum ipso, quem æstimaverunt quoniam in templum introduxisset Paulus. |