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TROPHIMUS

(Gk. Tróphimos)

Based on Gk. tróphos, “nursemaid” (1 Thess. 2:7), Trophimos either means “foster child” or is a proper name. In the NT Trophimus is an Ephesian, probably an uncircumcised gentile convert to Christianity who, along with Tychicus, represented the province of Asia on Paul’s last trip to Jerusalem (Acts 20:4). His alleged presence in the temple’s court of Israel was prohibited by Jewish law (sanctioned by the Roman government) and led to Paul’s being arrested (Acts 21:29; cf. the reference to the dividing wall in Eph. 2:14).

2 Tim. 4:20 indicates that Paul left Trophimus ill in Miletus, a town near Ephesus. According to Acts, however, Paul did not return to the province of Asia after his arrest in the temple. Some scholars use this passage to support the early Church tradition for a second Roman imprisonment.

Charles A. Ray, Jr.






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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