Acts 21:29 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 21:29

For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.

KJV

(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In 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, Act 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.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἦσαν	ēsan	It was they	G1510 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
προεωρακότες	proeōrakotes	having foreseen	G4308 →
Τρόφιμον	Trophimon	Trophimus	G5161 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
Ἐφέσιον	Ephesion	Ephesian	G2180 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
πόλει	polei	city	G4172 →
σὺν	sun	with	G4862 →
αὐτῷ,	autō	him,	G846 →
ὃν	hon	whom	G3739 →
ἐνόμιζον	enomizon	they were supposing	G3543 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἱερὸν	hi'eron	temple	G2411 →
εἰσήγαγεν	eisēgagen	had brought	G1521 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Παῦλος.	Paulos	Paul.	G3972 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 20:4
Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
leads to
- Acts 19:29
  Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
- 2 Timothy 4:20
  Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.
- Ephesians 6:21
  Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know about me and what I am doing.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Acts