Acts 20:5

Simplified Cowboy Version

These cowboys scouted ahead and waited for us in 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;

Easy-to-Read Version
These men went first, ahead of Paul. They waited for us in the city of 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.

Contextual Overview

¹ When the dust had settled, Paul said his goodbyes and struck a long trot for Macedonia. ²He stopped at ranches along the way and spread the word to anyone who would listen. He finally made his way all the way down to Greece. ³He stayed there about three months doing what God had called him to do for so long. He was about to board a ship for Syria when he heard of a plot by some Jews. So, Paul doubled back and gave them the slip as we went back the way he'd come through Macedonia. ⁴Seven cowboys rode with him: Pyrrhus's boy Sopater from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and finally Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia. ⁵These cowboys scouted ahead and waited for us in Troas. ⁶We stuck around for the Passover week at Philippi and then took a boat five days later to Troas. There we camped out for 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

2 Corinthians 1:12
If I can say I'm proud of something we've done, it's been that everything we've done has been with a pure and honest heart. We've put our faith in God's grace, not human understanding. You saw this first hand when we met y'all.

1 Thessalonians 2:10
Y'all saw with your own eyes, and God was watching too, how we conducted ourselves in a manner worthy of the Lord every single day.

1 Timothy 1:13
Even though I once cursed Jesus's name, in word and deed,

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.