Acts 20:5-6 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:5

But these had gone for these going, A.V. and T.R.; and were waiting for tarried, A.V. The narrative is so concise that the exact details are matters of conjecture. There is consequently much difference of opinion about them. Howson, with whom Farrar (vol. 2:274) apparently agrees, thinks that the whole party traveled together by land through Bercea and Thessalonica, to Philippi; that the party consisting of Sopater, Aristarchus and Secundus, Gains, Timothy, Tychicus, and Trophimus,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:6

Tarried for abode, A.V. We ; distinctly marking that Luke, the author of the narrative, whom we left at Philippi ( Acts 16:13 , Acts 16:14 ), joined him again at the same place. Renan well remarks, "At Philippi Paul once more met the disciple who had guided him for the first time to Macedonia. He attached him to his company again, and thus secured as his companion in the voyage the historian who was to write an account of it, with such infinite charm of manner and such perfect... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:6-12

The seven days' halt at the gateway between Europe and Asia. This seven days' stay at Troas may be safely presumed to have had points of special interest about it. The seven ( Acts 20:4 ) who accompanied Paul into Asia were here found awaiting him and Silas and the historian. These ten, beside any others possibly with them, must have been the welcomed visitors of the disciples at Troas. Memory dwelt upon Troas, for it was the place where, in the vision of the night ( Acts 16:9 ), Paul... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 20:5

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,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 20:6

After the days of unleavened bread - After the seven days of the Passover, during which they ate only unleavened bread. See Exodus 12:0.In five days - They crossed the Aegean Sea. Paul, when he crossed it on a former occasion, did it in two days Acts 16:11-12; but the navigation of the sea is uncertain, and they were now probably hindered by contrary winds. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 20:4-6

Acts 20:4-6. And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea, &c. The several persons mentioned in this verse are thought by some to have been joined with Paul as messengers of the churches, in carrying their contributions to the poor brethren at Jerusalem. We know but few particulars of most of them. Sopater is thought to be the same with Sosipater, mentioned by Paul as his kinsman, Romans 16:21. Aristarchus and Secundus are the Macedonians of whom he speaks, 2 Corinthians... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 20:3-12

Return to Macedonia and Troas (20:3-12)Although Paul was planning to visit Rome, his immediate concern was to go to Jerusalem with the money he had been collecting from the Gentile churches (Romans 15:24-26; Acts 19:21). But just as he was about to set sail, he heard of a Jewish plot to kill him. So he changed his plans and returned through Macedonia (3). In Macedonia, probably at Philippi, Luke rejoined the party (indicated by the renewed use of ‘we’ and ‘us’ in the narrative). They then... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 20:5

tarried = were waiting. at = in. Greek. en . App-104 . Troas . Compare Acts 16:8 . 2 Corinthians 2:12 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 20:6

sailed away . Greek. ekpleo. See note on Acts 15:39 . Philippi: i.e. from Neapolis, its port. days, &c . This was Passover, A.D. 57. to . Greek. eis, as in Acts 20:1 . five days . Compare Acts 16:11 . abode . Greek. diatribo. See note on Acts 12:19 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 20:5

But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.The group had probably been throughout the area collecting funds for the charity in Jerusalem; and this led to their being temporarily separated. Paul's last stop before setting sail was Philippi, where he was joined by Luke. read more