But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.
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But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.
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These went before and taryed vs at Troas.
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These went before, and taried vs at Troas.
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Passages linked to Acts 20:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 16:8 Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
- Acts 16:10-11 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them. Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
- 2 Corinthians 2:12 Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
- 2 Timothy 4:13 Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus when you come, and the books, especially the parchments.
- Acts 20:6-8 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days. On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight. There were many lights in the upper room where we were gathered together.
- Acts 20:13-15 But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there; for he had so arranged, intending himself to go by land. When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard, and came to Mitylene. Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.
5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.
Ver. 5. Tarried for us at Troas] {See Trapp on "Act 16:8"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Us; whereby it appears, that St. Luke was one…
Us; whereby it appears, that St. Luke was one of them that accompanied St. Paul, though neither here nor elsewhere doth he express his own name.
Troas; either the city of Troy, or the country thereabout so called.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain These going before,.... The apostle into Asia, all but…
These going before,.... The apostle into Asia, all but Sopater, who accompanied him:
tarried for us at Troas; a city in Asia Minor; see Act 16:8 whither they went before hand a nearer way, to provide for the apostle, and where they waited for him, and for Sopater, and for Luke, the writer of this history, who appears from hence to be in company with the apostle, and for as many others as were along with him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. Tarried for us at Troas.] See the…
Verse 5. Tarried for us at Troas.] See the preceding verse. Troas was a small town in Phrygia Minor, in the province called the Troad: see Ac 16:8.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain These going before - Going before Paul and Luke.…
These going before - Going before Paul and Luke. Dr. Doddridge supposes that only Tychicus and Trophimus went before the others. Perhaps the Greek most naturally demands this interpretation.
Tarried for us - The word “us,” here, shows that Luke had again joined Paul as his companion. In Act 16:12 it appears that Luke was in Philippi, in the house of Lydia. Why he remained there, or why he did not attend Paul in his journey to Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, etc., is not known. It is evident, however, that he here joined him again.
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At Troas - See the notes on Act 16:8.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain These going before--perhaps to announce and prepare for the…
These going before--perhaps to announce and prepare for the apostle's coming.
tarried for us at Troas.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5. Tarried for us—Here at starting from Philippi, Luke…
5. Tarried for us—Here at starting from Philippi, Luke suddenly recommences the “we passages.” (See note on Act_16:10.)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. These going before tarried for us at Troas]…
5. These going before tarried for us at Troas] Better (with Rev. Ver.), But these had gone before and were waiting for us, &c. What the writer wants to point out is that these men before-mentioned did not stop like St Paul at Philippi, nor indeed tarry at all in Macedonia. As in this verse the change of pronoun indicates that the writer of the narrative again becomes a fellow-traveller with St Paul, we may presume, as has before been said, that he had been left here by the Apostle, who now separated himself for a brief time from his companions that he might pick up St Luke.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) These going before tarried for us at Troas.—Two…
(5) These going before tarried for us at Troas.—Two motives may be assigned for this arrangement—(1) It enabled St. Paul to keep the Passover with the church at Philippi, starting “after the days of unleavened bread,” and that feast was already assuming a new character as the festival of the Resurrection, bringing with it also the commemoration that “Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us” (1Co_5:7-8); (2) The disciples who went on in advance would announce St. Paul’s coming to the church of Troas, and so there would be a full gathering to receive him and listen to him on his arrival.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But these had gone for these going, A.V. and…
But these had gone for these going, A.V. and T.R.; and were waiting for tarried, A.V. The narrative is so concise that the exact details are matters of conjecture. There is consequently much difference of opinion about them. Howson, with whom Farrar (vol. 2:274) apparently agrees, thinks that the whole party traveled together by land through Bercea and Thessalonica, to Philippi; that the party consisting of Sopater, Aristarchus and Secundus, Gains, Timothy, Tychicus, and Trophimus, went on at once from Philippi via Neapolis, to Troas, leaving St. Paul, who was now joined by St. Luke, at Philippi, to pass eight or nine days there during the Feast of the Passover. And this seems quite consistent with St. Luke"s narrative. But Lewin (vol. it. p. 74) thinks that only St. Paul (accompanied, as he supposes, by Luke, Titus, and Jason) went to Macedonia, and that the others sailed direct from Cenchreae to Troas. Renan, on the other hand, thinks they all sailed together from Cenchreae to Neapolis, whence Paul"s party went to Philippi, and the others to Troas. There is no clue to the reason why the party thus separated.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 4
See notes on verse 4
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 20:5-15 This is another of the “we” passages in…
20:5-15 This is another of the “we” passages in Acts (see study note on 16:10). Luke apparently rejoined Paul at Philippi, where Luke had remained several years earlier, and journeyed with Paul to Jerusalem (21:1-18).
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