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Trophimus
A foster-child, an Ephesian who accompanied Paul during a part of his third missionary journey (Acts 20:4; Acts 21:29). He was with Paul in Jerusalem, and the Jews, supposing that the apostle had brought him with him into the temple, raised a tumult which resulted in Paul’s imprisonment. (See Temple, Herod’s.) In writing to Timothy, the apostle says, “Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick” (2 Tim 4:20). This must refer to some event not noticed in the Acts.
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Acts 20:4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
- Acts 21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
- 2 Timothy 4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
