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Trophimus

Trophimus was a Gentile Christian from Ephesus who accompanied Paul on his missionary journeys and was falsely accused of defiling the temple in Jerusalem.

The name Trophimus means “well educated; well brought up”

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Summary

A man living at the time of the New Testament, first mentioned at Acts 20:4; only referred to as Trophimus (Τρόφιμος).

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Glossary entries

Trophimus

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Mentions

  1. Acts 20:4
    Paul 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.
  2. Acts 21:29
    For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
  3. 2 Timothy 4:20
    Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.