Acts 20:5
These men went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.
BSB
ASV
But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.
KJV
These going before tarried for us at Troas.
But that this Luke was inseparable from Paul, and his fellow-labourer in the Gospel, he himself clearly evinces, not as a matter of boasting, but as bound to do so by the truth itself.
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 Act 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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
2 Corinthians 2:12Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
leads to
So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut,…
because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.
Through
Acts 16:8So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.
leads to
We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments.
Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
