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    person

    Trophimus

    Τρόφιμος

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

    verses
    3
    first named
    Acts 20:4
    last named
    2 Timothy 4:20
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Trophimus?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Trophimus was a Gentile Christian from Ephesus who accompanied the Apostle Paul on his missionary journeys (Act.20.4). He was one of several individuals who traveled with Paul from Greece to Asia Minor, carrying the collection for the poor in Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul in the temple and falsely accused him of bringing Trophimus, a Gentile, into the restricted areas of the temple (Act.21.29). This incident led to Paul's arrest and eventual imprisonment. Later, in his second letter to Timothy, Paul mentions that he had left Trophimus sick in Miletus (2Ti.4.20). Trophimus' presence with Paul highlights the inclusion of Gentiles in the early church and the challenges faced by Paul and his companions as they ministered in various cultural contexts.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Trophimus9 of 9 entities the graph connects to Trophimus, in 2 groups: company 1, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.AsiaAssociated with · 20 versesCompanyPaul2 events · 182 versesTimothy1 event · 28 versesTychicus1 event · 7 versesAristarchus1 event · 5 versesMiletus1 event · 3 versesSopater1 event · 2 versesGaius1 event · 1 verseSecundus1 event · 1 verseEventsTrophimus

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    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Trophimus happensAll 2 places the claims about Trophimus reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Asia, Miletus. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Trophimus there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.AsiaMiletus
    the New TestamentAll 2 places the claims about Trophimus reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 3, across 2 books.

    1. Acts2 verses

      20:421:29

    2. 2 Timothy1 verse

      4:20

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via AsiaElect ExilesElect Exiles is a group attested across 19 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via AsiaProvinceProvince is a concept gathering 13 labelled instances in the text.via AsiaTychicusFaithful companion and messenger of Paul

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