Catholic Public Domain Version
"These, after they had gone ahead, waited for us at Troas. "
— Acts 20:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“These going before tarried for us at Troas.”
“But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas. ”
“But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.”
“These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas.”
“These, going before, stayed for us at Troas.”
“But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.”
“These going before tarried for us at Troas.”
And when he had walked through those areas and had exhorted them with many sermons, he went into Greece.
After he had spent three months there, treacheries were planned against him by the Jews, just as he was about to sail into Syria. And having been advised of this, he return through Macedonia.
Now those accompanying him were Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus from Beroea; and also the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and also Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.
These, after they had gone ahead, waited for us at Troas.
Yet truly, we sailed from Philippi, after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we went to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
Then, on the first Sabbath, when we had assembled together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to set out the next day. But he prolonged his sermon into the middle of the night. The expression “first Sabbath” refers to Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the first Christian Sabbath. In the year in question, Easter Sunday was celebrated some 12 (5 + 7) days or more after “the days of Unleavened Bread”, which refers to Passover. It is unclear how Easter Sunday was calculated at that early time in the Church, but it did not always coincide with Passover.
Now there were plenty of lamps in the upper room, where we were gathered.