Actes 19:22

22 Et ayant envoyé en Macédoine deux de ceux qui l'aidaient, Timothée et Éraste, il demeura encore quelque temps en Asie.

Actes 19:22 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 19:22

So he sent into Macedonia
To Philippi, or Thessalonica, or Berea, or some of the places there, to let them know of his coming, and to prepare for him:

two of them that ministered unto him;
that were his assistants in preaching the Gospel:

Timotheus and Erastus;
the former of these was a disciple he found at Lystra, and took along with him, and to whom he afterwards wrote two epistles; and the latter seems to be the same with him, who was chamberlain of the city of Corinth, and is said to abide there, ( Romans 16:23 ) ( 2 Timothy 4:20 ) The Ethiopic version, instead of Erastus, wrongly reads Aristarchus; whereas it is certain, he was not sent into Macedonia, but was with the apostle at Ephesus in the tumult, ( Acts 19:29 ) .

But he himself stayed in Asia for a season;
that is, at Ephesus, as the following narration shows.

Actes 19:22 In-Context

20 Ainsi la parole du Seigneur se répandait, et devenait de plus en plus efficace.

21 Après cela, Paul se proposa, dans son esprit, de traverser la Macédoine et l'Achaïe, et d'aller à Jérusalem, disant: Après que j'aurai été là, il faut aussi que je voie Rome.

22 Et ayant envoyé en Macédoine deux de ceux qui l'aidaient, Timothée et Éraste, il demeura encore quelque temps en Asie.

23 Or il arriva en ce temps-là un grand trouble à l'occasion de la doctrine.

24 En effet, un nommé Démétrius, orfèvre, qui faisait des sanctuaires de Diane en argent, et qui donnait beaucoup à gagner aux ouvriers,