(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
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Gill's Exposition
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 Act 20:4 whom these Jews of Asia, and who very probably were…
Barnes' Notes
In the city - In Jerusalem. As he was with Paul, it was inferred that he would attend him everywhere. Trophimus - He had accompanied Paul on his way from Ephesus, Act 20:4. Whom they supposed ... -…
We have here Paul brought into a captivity which we are not likely to see the end of; for after this he is either hurried from one bar to another, or lies neglected, first in one prison and then in…
Cambridge Bible
For they had, &c. Hence we see that Trophimus had come with the Apostle not only "as far as Asia" (see note on Act 20:4), but all the way to Jerusalem. His name bespeaks the man a Greek, and, from the…