Acts 21:29

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.”

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BSBPD

“For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for they had seen before Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city with him, whom they were supposing that Paul brought into the temple.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 21:29 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Acts 18:19When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.
  2. Acts 20:4Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
  3. 2 Timothy 4:20Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.

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