Acts 20:5

5 These men went on ahead and waited for us at Troas.

Acts 20:5 in Other Translations

5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.

5 These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas,

5 They went on ahead and waited for us at Troas.

5 They went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.

5 But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

5 All these men went ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.

5 These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas,

5 These men went on ahead. They waited for us at Troas.

Acts 20:5 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 20:5

These going before
The apostle into Asia, all but Sopater, who accompanied him:

tarried for us at Troas;
a city in Asia Minor; see ( Acts 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.

Acts 20:5 In-Context

3 where he stayed three months. Because some Jews had plotted against him just as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.

4 He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy also, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

5 These men went on ahead and waited for us at Troas.

6 But we sailed from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.

Cross References

• 1. S Acts 16:10
• 2. S Acts 16:8