ACTS 21:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“(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 previously saw Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple — the Jews infer from circumstantial evidence (seeing Trophimus, an Ephesian companion, in Jerusalem) that Paul violated the temple sanctuary. Assumption and rumor become the basis for lethal violence; the crowd's judgment is based on supposition, not fact.
Church Fathers on Acts 21:29
Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, signifying the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. Acts 21:26 Signifying, διαγγέλλων, i.e. καταγγέλλων, publicly notifying: so that it was he who made himself conspicuous. And when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia — for (his arrival) most keeps times with theirs — when they saw him in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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