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Andδὲthese,οὗτοιhaving come there,προσελθόντεςwere waiting forἔμενονusἡμᾶςatἐνTroas.Τρῳάδι
Acts 20:5
Study it in the app“And these, having come there, were waiting for us at Troas.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 20:5, word by word
- having come thereπροσελθόντεςproselthontes
come near
To come up close to someone, go toward them.
Where else “proselthontes” appears- were waiting forἔμενονemenon
await
To wait for someone.
Where else “emenon” appears- TroasΤρῳάδιTrōiadi
Troas
Troas, a port in the north-west of Asia Minor, across the sea from Greece.
Where else “Trōiadi” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Here the first person plural returns, which had been left in Philippi (16:17). Other manuscripts read “going on ahead.”
The context
4And there accompanied him Sopater son of Pyrrhus, from Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and from Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5 · This verse (above)
6But we sailed away after the days of Unleavened Bread from Philippi, and came to them at Troas within five days, where we stayed seven days.
To study Acts 20 in a group
1. What it says
What happens to Eutychus while Paul speaks for so long, and how does the night end? (vv. 7-12)
2. What it means
In his farewell to the Ephesian elders, Paul recalls Jesus' words about giving. What do they say, and why does he quote them? (vv. 33-35)
3. How I live it
Paul worked with his hands to help the weak (vv. 34-35). What can you give someone today, in time or attention?