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Acts 20:5

These men went first, ahead of Paul. They waited for us in the city of Troas.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Luke;   Macedonia;   Paul;   Philippi;   Secundus;   Troas;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Luke;   Philippi;   Troas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Acts, book of;   Aristarchus;   Luke;   Macedonia;   Paul;   Timothy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Luke-Acts, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Bishop;   Episcopacy;   Ordination;   Presbyterians;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sabbath;   Sopater;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Acts of the Apostles;   Corinth;   Luke, the Gospel According to;   Paul;   Timothy;   Timothy, the Second Epistle to;   Troas;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Luke;   Luke, Gospel of;   Mysia;   Troas;   Trophimus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acts of the Apostles;   Bishop;   Macedonia;   Miletus;   Paul the Apostle;   Romans, Epistle to the;   Timothy;   Troas;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dates;   Luke (2);   Paul;   Roads and Travel;   Secundus ;   Troas ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Luke, Lucas;   Timotheus, Timothy;   Troas ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Macedonia;   Mysia;   Troas;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Luke;   Tim'othy;   Tro'as,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Luke;   Troas;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Acts of the Apostles;   Luke, the Evangelist;   Macedonia;   Philippi;   Troas;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas,
King James Version (1611)
These going before, taried for vs at Troas:
King James Version
These going before tarried for us at Troas.
English Standard Version
These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas,
New American Standard Bible
Now these had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.
New Century Version
These men went on ahead and waited for us at Troas.
Amplified Bible
These men went on ahead and were waiting for us (including Luke) at Troas.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But these had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.
Legacy Standard Bible
But these had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.
Berean Standard Bible
These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.
Contemporary English Version
They went on ahead to Troas and waited for us there.
Complete Jewish Bible
These men went on and waited for us in Troas,
Darby Translation
These going before waited for us in Troas;
Geneva Bible (1587)
These went before, and taried vs at Troas.
George Lamsa Translation
These men went before us, and waited for us at Tro''as.
Good News Translation
They went ahead and waited for us in Troas.
Lexham English Bible
And these had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.
Literal Translation
Going forward, these awaited us in Troas.
American Standard Version
But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.
Bible in Basic English
But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.
Hebrew Names Version
But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.
International Standard Version
These men went on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.
Etheridge Translation
These went before us, and waited for us in Troas.
Murdock Translation
these proceeded on before us, and waited for us at Troas.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These going before, taried vs at Troas.
English Revised Version
But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.
World English Bible
But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
These going before, staid for us at Troas, And we set sail from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread,
Weymouth's New Testament
These brethren had gone on and were waiting for us in the Troad.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
These for thei wenten bifore, aboden vs at Troade.
Update Bible Version
But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.
Webster's Bible Translation
These going before, tarried for us at Troas.
New English Translation
These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.
New King James Version
These men, going ahead, waited for us at Troas.
New Living Translation
They went on ahead and waited for us at Troas.
New Life Bible
They went on to the city of Troas and waited there for us.
New Revised Standard
They went ahead and were waiting for us in Troas;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, these, came and were waiting for us at Troas.
Douay-Rheims Bible
These, going before, stayed for us at Troas.
Revised Standard Version
These went on and were waiting for us at Tro'as,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
These went before and taryed vs at Troas.
Young's Literal Translation
these, having gone before, did remain for us in Troas,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These wente before, and taried for vs at Troada:
Mace New Testament (1729)
and then advanc'd before and waited for us at Troas.
THE MESSAGE
They went on ahead and waited for us in Troas. Meanwhile, we stayed in Philippi for Passover Week, and then set sail. Within five days we were again in Troas and stayed a week.
Simplified Cowboy Version
These cowboys scouted ahead and waited for us in Troas.

Contextual Overview

1 When the trouble stopped, Paul invited the Lord's followers to come visit him. After encouraging them, he told them goodbye and left for Macedonia. 2 On his way through Macedonia he had many words of encouragement for the followers in various places. Then he went to Greece 3 and stayed there three months. Paul was ready to sail for Syria, but some Jews were planning something against him. So he decided to go back through Macedonia to Syria. 4 These men were traveling with him: Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus, from the city of Berea; Aristarchus and Secundus, from the city of Thessalonica; Gaius, from the city of Derbe; Timothy; and two men from Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5 These men went first, ahead of Paul. They waited for us in the city of Troas. 6 We sailed from the city of Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread. We met these men in Troas five days later and stayed there seven days.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Troas: Troas was a maritime city and country of Phrygia, in Asia Minor, anciently called Dardania, lying on the Hellespont, west of Mysia Acts 16:8, Acts 16:11, 2 Corinthians 2:12, 2 Timothy 4:13

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:16 - the likeness Acts 27:2 - with us 2 Corinthians 11:27 - weariness

Cross-References

Joshua 22:22
"The Lord is our God! Again we say that the Lord is our God! And God knows why we did this thing. We want you to know also. You can judge what we did. If you think we did it because we are against the Lord or refuse to obey him, you can kill us today.
1 Kings 9:4
You must serve me with a pure and honest heart, just as your father David did. You must obey my laws and do everything that I commanded you.
2 Kings 20:3
" Lord , remember that I have sincerely served you with all my heart. I have done what you say is good." Then Hezekiah cried very hard.
1 Chronicles 29:17
My God, I know that you test people, and that you are happy when people do what is right. I gladly give you all these things with a pure, honest heart. I see your people gathered here, and I see that they are happy about giving these things to you.
Job 33:9
‘I am pure and innocent; I did nothing wrong; I am not guilty!
Psalms 7:8
Lord , judge the people. Lord , judge me. Prove that I am right and that I am innocent.
Psalms 24:4
Only those who have not done evil, who have pure hearts, who have not used my name to hide their lies, and who have not made false promises.
Psalms 25:21
You are good and do what is right. I trust you to protect me.
Psalms 26:6
Lord , I wash my hands to make myself pure, so that I can come to your altar.
Psalms 73:13
Clearly, then, I gain nothing by keeping my thoughts pure! What good is it to keep myself from sin?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, that he here joined him again.

At Troas - See the notes on Acts 16:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 20:5. Tarried for us at Troas. — See the preceding verse. Troas was a small town in Phrygia Minor, in the province called the Troad: see Acts 16:8.


 
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