For (γαρ). Luke adds the reason for the wild charges made against Paul.

They had before seen (ησαν προεωρα…

In the city. In Jerusalem. As he was with Paul, it was inferred that he would accompany him everywhere.

Trophimus. He had …

Trophimus an Ephesian.—See Note on Acts 20:4. His face was naturally familiar to those who had come from the same city. They had s…

The strategy of Paul’s taking a vow and paying for the Nazirite offerings hardly proved successful—probably nothing could have conciliated those wh…

For they had seen before with him in the city
Not of Ephesus, but of Jerusalem:

Trophimus an Ephe…

In the temple, where Paul should have been protected as in a place of safety, he was violently attacked. They falsely charged him with false doctri…