John Gill's Exposition on Acts 21:29

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For they had seen before with him in the city, etc.] Not of Ephesus, but of Jerusalem: Trophimus an Ephesian; the same that is mentioned in (<442004>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.

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