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.