Atti 21:29

29 Infatti, aveano veduto prima Trofimo d’Efeso in città con Paolo, e pensavano ch’egli l’avesse menato nel tempio.

Atti 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.

Atti 21:29 In-Context

27 Or come i sette giorni eran presso che compiuti, i Giudei dell’Asia, vedutolo nel tempio, sollevarono tutta la moltitudine, e gli misero le mani addosso, gridando:

28 Uomini Israeliti, venite al soccorso; questo è l’uomo che va predicando a tutti e da per tutto contro il popolo, contro la legge, e contro questo luogo; e oltre a ciò, ha menato anche de’ Greci nel tempio, e ha profanato questo santo luogo.

29 Infatti, aveano veduto prima Trofimo d’Efeso in città con Paolo, e pensavano ch’egli l’avesse menato nel tempio.

30 Tutta la città fu commossa, e si fece un concorso di popolo; e preso Paolo, lo trassero fuori del tempio; e subito le porte furon serrate.

31 Or com’essi cercavano d’ucciderlo, arrivò su al tribuno della coorte la voce che tutta Gerusalemme era sossopra.