Actes 21:29

29 Car ils avaient vu auparavant dans la ville avec lui, Trophime d'Éphèse, et ils croyaient que Paul l'avait mené dans le temple.

Actes 21:29 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 21:29

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 inhabitants of Ephesus, knew very well to be a Gentile:

whom they supposed Paul had brought into the temple;
for seeing him walk with the apostle very familiarly through the streets of Jerusalem, they concluded from thence, that he took him with him into the temple, which was a very rash and ill grounded conclusion; and which shows the malignity and virulence of their minds, and how ready they were to make use of any opportunity, and take up any occasion against him, even a bare surmise, and which had no show of probability in it; for it can never be thought, that while Paul was using methods to remove the prejudices of the Jews against him, he should take such a step as this, to introduce a Gentile into the holy place, which he knew was unlawful, and would greatly irritate and provoke them.

Actes 21:29 In-Context

27 Et comme les sept jours allaient être accomplis, les Juifs d'Asie, l'ayant vu dans le temple, émurent toute la multitude, et se saisirent de lui,

28 En criant: Hommes Israélites, aidez-nous. Voici l'homme qui prêche partout, et devant tous, contre la nation, la loi, et ce lieu-ci; il a même encore amené des Grecs dans le temple, et a profané ce saint lieu.

29 Car ils avaient vu auparavant dans la ville avec lui, Trophime d'Éphèse, et ils croyaient que Paul l'avait mené dans le temple.

30 Et toute la ville fut émue, et il y eut un rassemblement du peuple; et ayant saisi Paul, ils le traînèrent hors du temple; et aussitôt les portes furent fermées.

31 Mais, comme ils cherchaient à le tuer, le bruit vint au tribun de la cohorte que tout Jérusalem était en trouble.