Acts 20 · Verse 5

Acts 20:5

These going before tarried for us at Troas.
Acts 20:5, King James Version

Acts 20:5 in other translations

BSBThese men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.
WEBBut these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.
ASVBut these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.
YLTthese, having gone before, did remain for us in Troas,
DARBYThese going before waited for us in Troas;
BBEBut these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.
WebsterThese going before, tarried for us at Troas.

What does Acts 20:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 20:4-6

4-5. there accompanied him into Asia--the province of Asia. Sopater of Berea--The true reading, beyond doubt, is, "Sopater [the son] of Pyrrhus of Berea." Some think this mention of his father was to distinguish him from Sosipater (the same name in fuller form), mentioned in Ro 16:21. But that they were the same person seems more probable. of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus--(See on Ac 19:29). and Secundus--of whom…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 5. 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 Acts 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.

At Troas. Acts 16:8.

(++) "tarried" "waited"

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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 Act 16:8.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 20:1-6

Tumults or opposition may constrain a Christian to remove from his station or alter his purpose, but his work and his pleasure will be the same, wherever he goes. Paul thought it worth while to bestow five days in going to Troas, though it was but for seven days' stay there; but he knew, and so should we, how to redeem even journeying time, and to make it turn to some good account.

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Acts 20:5 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

οὗτοιhoutoiTheseG3778
προελθόντεςproelthonteshaving gone aheadG4281
ἔμενονemenonwere awaitingG3306
ἡμᾶςhēmasusG3165
ἐνeninG1722
Τρῳάδι·TrōadiTroas;G5174

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Cross references for Acts 20:5

  • Acts 16:8

    And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.

  • 2 Corinthians 2:12

    Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

  • Acts 16:10-11

    And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;

  • 2 Timothy 4:13

    The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.

  • Acts 20:6-8

    And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.

  • Acts 20:13-15

    And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Troas.Troas was a maritime city and country of Phrygia, in Asia Minor, anciently called Dardania, lying on the Hellespont, west of Mysia
16:8,11; 2Co 2:12; 2Ti 4:13

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Context

  • Acts 20:4

    And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

  • Acts 20:5

    These going before tarried for us at Troas.

  • Acts 20:6

    And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.

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Acts 20:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Estos yendo delante, nos esperaron en Troas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ceux-ci ayant pris les devants, nous attendirent en Troade.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Diese gingen voraus und warteten auf uns in Troas;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hi cum præcessissent, sustinuerunt nos Troade: