Acts 20:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. ”

Acts 20:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And there accompanied him - It was usual for some of the disciples to attend the apostles in their journeys. Into Asia - It is not meant that they attended him from Greece through Macedonia,...
Acts 20:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

To Greece; Return to Troas. The journey sketched in Acts 19:21 ; 1 Corinthians 16:5-9 , is entered on; for what happened at Troas and in Macedonia on the way cf. 2 Corinthians 2:12 f., 2 Cor...
Acts 20:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

accompanied . were accompanying. This was their purpose, but they went before and waited at Troas ( Acts 20:5 ). Greek. sunepomai. Only here. into . as far as. Sopater . Shortened form of Sosi...
Acts 20:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. And there accompanied...
Acts 20:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

There accompanied him—Sopater, &c.— The several persons mentioned in this verse are thought by some to have been joined with St. Paul, as messengers of the churches, in carrying their contribut...
Acts 20:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. And there acc...
Acts 20:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Third Missionary Journey (continued) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after Pentecost, 55 a.d. ( 1 Co...
Acts 20:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And there accompanied him into Asia... — The occurrence of the two names, Timotheus and Sosipater (another form of Sopater) in Romans 16:21 makes it probable that all of those here named were wit...
Acts 20:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Messenger of Truth and Life Acts 20:1-12 The Second Epistle to the Corinthians should be read with the introductory verses of this chapter, as it reveals the Apostle's inner mind at this time...
Acts 20:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alwa...
Acts 20:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. (2) And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhor...
Acts 20:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea ,.... This Sopater is thought to be the same with Sosipater in Romans 16:21 and in three of Beza's copies, and in as many of Stephens's, he is...
Acts 20:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. Ver. 4. Sopater o...
Acts 20:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 carry...
Acts 20:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them mu...
Acts 20:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's Departure from Ephesus; Paul's Removal to Troas. 1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, an...
Acts 20:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There accompanied him into Asia; their names are set down, as being men called and known at that time in the churches, and that what they did for this holy apostle might be remembered in all ages....
Acts 20:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Visits To Macedonia and Greece And Seven Days in Troas (20:1-6). It is indicative of Luke's concentration on the new direction in which events have turned, and his purpose in writing what f...
Acts 20:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 20:1 . After the uproar was ceased .—Soon after, but not necessarily because of the uproar. The best authorities insert and exhorted , παρακαλέσας, before and embraced o...
Acts 20:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:4 . There accompanied him Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater. Romans 16:21 . Aristarchus, who accompanied him to Rome, and...
Acts 20:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for Macedonia. Reading between the lines There does not seem to be much in this section of t...
Acts 20:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 20:1 Having sent for … and exhorted for called unto him, A.V. and T.R.; took leave of them, and departed for and embraced them, and departed, A.V. Departed for to...
Acts 20:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Journey to Macedonia and Back to Miletus. The second visit to Macedonia and Greece:
Acts 20:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 1:1 ; 2 Corinthians 1:1 ; 2 Corinthians 1:19 ; 2 Corinthians 8:23 ; 2 Corinthians 8:24 ; 2 Timothy 1:2 ; 2 Timothy 4:12 ; 2 Timothy 4:20 ; 3 John 1:1 ; Acts 14:20 ; Acts 14:6 ;...
Acts 20:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To Asia — There some of them left him. But Trophimus went with him to Jerusalem, Acts 21:29 . Aristarchus, even to Rome, Acts 27:2 .

Acts 20:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 20:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 20:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 20:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 20:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 20:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 20:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 20:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 20:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 20:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 20:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 20:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 20:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 20:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes