Handelingen 21:29

29 Want zij hadden te voren Trofimus, den Efezier, met hem in de stad gezien, welken zij meenden, dat Paulus in den tempel gebracht had.

Handelingen 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.

Handelingen 21:29 In-Context

27 Als nu de zeven dagen zouden voleindigd worden, zagen hem de Joden van Azie in den tempel, en beroerden al het volk, en sloegen de handen aan hem,

28 Roepende: Gij Israelietische mannen, komt te hulp! Deze is de mens, die tegen het volk, en de wet, en deze plaats allen man overal leert; en bovendien heeft hij ook Grieken in den tempel gebracht, en heeft deze heilige plaats ontheiligd.

29 Want zij hadden te voren Trofimus, den Efezier, met hem in de stad gezien, welken zij meenden, dat Paulus in den tempel gebracht had.

30 En de gehele stad kwam in roer en het volk liep samen; en zij grepen Paulus, en trokken hem buiten den tempel; en terstond werden de deuren gesloten.

31 En als zij hem zochten te doden, kwam het gerucht tot den overste der bende, dat geheel Jeruzalem in verwarring was.