29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
Ver. 29. Whom they supposed] But was that sufficient ground to make such a coil, to raise such an uproar? Passions are head-long and head-strong; like heavy bodies down steep hills, once in motion, they move themselves, and know no ground but the bottom.
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, Acts 20:4. WHOM THEY SUPPOSED ... -...
CHAPTER 21 _ 1. The journey from Miletus to Tyre and Ptolemais (Acts 21:1)._ 2. In Caesarea (Acts 21:8). 3. The Apostle's Arrival in Jerusalem and his visit to the Temple (Acts 21:15). 4. The Uproa...
OUTBURST OF JEWISH FURY AGAINST PAUL IN THE TEMPLE: HIS ARREST. A week later Paul is in the Temple to discharge his vow; whether it was discharged or not is uncertain. The sight of him there infuriate...
NO RETREAT (Acts 21:1-16)...
When the seven days were nearly completed and when the Jews from Asia had seen Paul in the temple, they stirred up the whole mob and they attacked him shouting, "Help, men of Israel! This is the man w...
SEEN BEFORE. Greek. _proorao_. Only here and Acts 2:25. CITY. It was in the city Trophimus was seen in Paul's company, and they came to the conclusion that when they saw Paul in the Temple, Trophimus...
_For they had_, &c. Hence we see that Trophimus had come with the Apostle not only "as far as Asia" (see note on Acts 20:4), but all the way to Jerusalem. His name bespeaks the man a Greek, and, from...
ΤΡΌΦΙΜΟΝ ΤῸΝ ἘΦΈΣΙΟΝ, _Trophimus the Ephesian_. Hence we see that Trophimus had come with the Apostle not only ‘as far as Asia’ (see note on Acts 20:4), but all the way to Jerusalem. His name bespeaks...
ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM. PAUL’S RECEPTION BY THE CHURCH AND BY THE PEOPLE...
_SLANDEROUS CHARGES AGAINST PAUL ACTS 21:27-36:_ Paul was in and out of the Temple several times to perform the ritual suggested by James. Afterwards, "the Jews which were of Asia said, "This is the m...
ΉΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) с _part._ образует перифр. оборот, ΓΆΡ (G1063) ибо, вводит объяснение их действий, ΠΡΟΕΩΡΑΚΌΤΕΣ _perf. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΟΡΆΩ (G4308) видеть заранее, предвидет...
b. Jews from Asia cause Paul's arrest. Acts 21:27-40. Acts 21:27 And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and...
See notes on verse 27...
(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian;...
24 The belief of the circumcisionists, based on tangible evidence, such as signs and wonders, was of a very different quality from that of Paul's epistles. In our Lord's day "many believe in [into] Hi...
TROPHIMUS] see on Acts 20:4. 30. They drew him and all his companions 'out of the Temple,' i.e. out of the Court of Israel, and closed the doors of this court, ostensibly to prevent any more Gentiles...
ST. PAUL IN JERUSALEM (CHS 21:17-28:16) 17-40. Disturbances in the Temple. St Paul arrested....
ST. PAUL ARRESTED AT JERUSALEM 1. Were gotten] rather, 'had torn ourselves.' COOS] or Cos, a fertile island off the Carian coast, producing silks, ointments, wheat, and wines. RHODES] a city, and lar...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 21 PAUL VISITS THE *BELIEVERS IN TYRE, 21:1-6 V1 We said goodbye to them and then we left. We sailed straight to Cos. The next day, we went to...
TROPHIMUS AN EPHESIAN. — See Note on Acts 20:4. His face was naturally familiar to those who had come from the same city. They had seen the two together in the streets, possibly near the entrance of t...
τὸν Ἐφέσ.: if some of these Jews, as is very probable, came from Ephesus, they would have recognised Trophimus. The latter had not only come “as far as Asia,” Acts 20:4, but had evidently accompanied...
FACING A BIGOTED MOB Acts 21:27 Four days passed and there seemed a hope that, as the number of pilgrims grew less, Paul might escape recognition till his vow was fulfilled. In fulfilling it he was r...
Passing on toward Jerusalem, Paul and those with him reached Tyre. There the disciples urged the apostle not to go to Jerusalem; but, having received from the Spirit a revelation of all that lay befor...
Paul's Arrest in the Temple Paul yielded to the proposal set forth by James and the others and began to be purified, perhaps to enter the inner part of the temple (See McGarvey). Near the end of the s...
PAUL ARRESTED 27-30. You see plainly that this affair was diabolical, mobocratic and unapologizable from the beginning, as even the most radical Jews fully approved what Paul was doing. The whole aff...
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, (28) Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
After this time the apostle has to give account of himself, and to accomplish in a striking manner the predictions of the Lord. Brought before tribunals by the malice of the Jews, given up through the...
FOR THEY HAD SEEN BEFORE WITH HIM IN THE CITY,.... Not of Ephesus, but of Jerusalem: TROPHIMUS AN EPHESIAN; the same that is mentioned in Acts 20:4 whom these Jews of Asia, and who very probably were...
TROPHIMUS; he had come with Paul from Ephesus. Acts 20:4. THEY SUPPOSED; they inferred this from having seen him in the city with Paul....
The beginning of the riot:...
(FOR THEY HAD SEEN BEFORE WITH HIM IN THE CITY TROPHIMUS, AN EPHESIAN, WHOM THEY SUPPOSED THAT PAUL HAD BROUGHT INTO THE TEMPLE.)...
From this point onwards there is no record of the work of God spreading as it had previously through Paul's energetic ministry. In fact, we read of no conversions until Chapter 28:24, though we may be...
(FOR THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY SEEN TROPHIMUS THE EPHESIAN WITH HIM IN THE CITY, WHOM THEY SUPPOSED THAT PAUL HAD BROUGHT INTO THE TEMPLE.) 1. This verse explains the second charge. They had seen Trophimus...
"For" Here is why they believed that Paul had brought Gentiles in the court of Israel. "They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought hi...
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 ceremonie...
FOR THEY HAD SEEN; the Jews of Asia, who could not but know Trophimus; and he following of Paul in this journey, either ignorantly or maliciously they accuse the apostle for taking him into the temple...
Acts 21:29 For G1063 had G2258 (G5713) seen G4308 (G5761) Trophimus G5161 Ephesian G2180 with G4862 him...
‘For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.' Gracious Luke then tries to find some excuse for them. He finds their...
PAUL PROVES HIS TRUE DEDICATION IN JERUSALEM AND HIS CONFORMITY WITH THE LAW AND DOES NOTHING THAT IS WORTHY OF DEATH BUT THE DOORS OF THE TEMPLE ARE CLOSED AGAINST HIM (21:17-30)....
Acts 21:29. (FOR THEY HAD SEEN BEFORE WITH HIM IN THE CITY TROPHIMUS AN EPHESIAN, WHOM THEY SUPPOSED PAUL HAD BROUGHT INTO THE TEMPLE.) Trophimus was one of the little band which accompanied Paul from...
FOR (γαρ). Luke adds the reason for the wild charges made against Paul.THEY HAD BEFORE SEEN (ησαν προεωρακοτες). Periphrastic past perfect of προοραω, old verb to see before, whether time or place...
CONTENTS: Holy Spirit forbids Paul to go to Jerusalem. Paul goes to Jerusalem. Paul takes a Jewish vow. Seized in the temple by the Jews and bound with chains. CHARACTERS: Paul, Holy Spirit, Philip,...
Acts 21:1. _We came with a straight course to Coos,_ or Cos. See the map of St. Paul's travels. It is the principal island of the group called Cyclades. Hypocrates the physician, and Apelles the paint...
SOME JEWS FROM THE PROVINCE OF ASIA. These were not Christian Jews, but probably the Jews from Ephesus mentioned in Acts 20:3. The language implies they did not see Paul until the seven days of purifi...
_And when the seven days were almost ended the Jews which were of Asia … stirred up all the people._ PAUL IN THE TEMPLE 1. Unholy zeal is more easily occasioned than good works (Acts 21:27). 2. Reli...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 21:17 The Arrest in Jerusalem. While fulfilling a vow at the temple, Paul was attacked by a Jewish mob and rescued by the Romans. He defended himself before the Jewish crowd and the...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 21:26. PAUL TOOK THE MEN, AND THE NEXT DAY PURIFYING HIMSELF, might read _took the men the next day, and having purified himself_, not by performing the ordinary ablutions requ...
EXPOSITION ACTS 21:1 _When it came to pass float we were parted from them, and had set sail _for _it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, _A.V.; _Cos _for _Coos_, A.V....
And so it came to pass, that after we had gotten from them, and we had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the following day unto to Rhodes, and from there to Patara: where we foun...
2 Timothy 4:20; Acts 20:4...
Trophimus. See on ch. Acts 20:4. As an Ephesian he would be known to the Asiatic Jews....