Acts 21:29

Acts 21:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
• New International Version (NIV)(They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
• New King James Version (NKJV)(For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

Context of Acts 21:29

27When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, 28shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!” (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.) 30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut. 31While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

Acts 21:29 word by word

ἦσαν γὰρ προεωρακότες Τρόφιμον τὸν Ἐφέσιον ἐν τῇ πόλει σὺν αὐτῷ, ὃν ἐνόμιζον ὅτι εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν εἰσήγαγεν ὁ Παῦλος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• they hadεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• seen beforeπροοράωprooraō · to foreseeG4308
• withσύνsun · withG4862
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• TrophimusΤρόφιμοςTrophimos · TrophimusG5161
• an EphesianἘφέσιοςEphesios · EphesianG2180
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• they supposedνομίζωnomizō · to thinkG3543
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• had broughtεἰσάγωeisagō · to bring inG1521
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the templeἱερόνhieron · templeG2411

Cross-references for Acts 21:29

• Acts 20:4Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
• 2 Timothy 4:20Erastus stayed in Corinth. Trophimus I left ill in Miletus.

Commentaries on Acts 21:29

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29In the city - In Jerusalem. As he was with Paul, it was inferred that he would attend him everywhere. Trophimus - He had accompanied Paul on his way from Ephesus, Acts 20:4. Whom they supposed … - 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-40Verses 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 malicious people, with which they…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-29Greeks: It was a crime punishable by death to bring Gentiles (non-Jewish people) into the inner areas of the temple, beyond the Court of the Gentiles (see also Josephus, War 5.5.2; 6.2.4). The Jews believed Paul broke this holy law by bringing Trophimus, a Gentile from Ephesus, into the area reserved for only Jews (see also Acts 20:4; 2 Timothy 4:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3027-30. 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.).Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 21:29

• Bigotry
• Fraternity
• Intolerance, Religious
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Prisoners
• Temple
• Trophimus

In the dictionaries

• Paul
• Ephesian; Ephesians
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• Ephesus
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Commentaries on Acts 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings