Erastus abode at Corinth
He was chamberlain of that city, ( Romans 16:23
) who being sent along with Timothy into Macedonia, ( Acts 19:22 ) very
probably went from thence into Achaia, to Corinth, his native
place, where he stayed.
But Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
Trophimus was an Asian, of the city of Ephesus, the same that is
spoken of in ( Acts 20:4 ) ( 21:29 ) . Some say he
suffered martyrdom the same day the Apostle Paul did; but others
say, that after that time he was bishop of Arles in France. This
man went with the apostle into Asia, and from thence to
Jerusalem, and came along with him in his voyage to Rome, but
falling sick by the way, was left at Miletum. Some, instead of
Miletum, would read Melita, that being the island Paul, and the
ship's company, escaped to, when they were shipwrecked, (
Acts 28:1 ) here
it is supposed Trophimus was left sick. Others have observed,
that there was a city called Miletus in the island of Crete,
under which Paul sailed, ( Acts 27:7 ) , see
footnote {j}, and is the place intended; but there is no need to
suppose either of these; no doubt Miletum, near to Ephesus, is
meant; and as the apostle sailed by the coast of Asia, ( Acts 27:7 ) , on which
shore Miletum was, there is no difficulty in supposing him put
ashore there. The Alexandrian copy reads "Melotus".