Acts 20:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵ These [men] had gone ahead and were waiting for us [when we arrived] in Troas [i.e., a seaport town across the Aegean Sea from Philippi]. [Note: The use of “us” begins here again, suggesting that the writer Luke rejoins the party at Philippi. See next verse].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ These going before tarried for us at Troas.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ These went on ahead and were waiting for us [including Luke] at Troas,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

Common English Bible

⁵ They went on ahead and waited for us in Troas.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ These, after they had gone ahead, waited for us at Troas.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ These going before, stayed for us at Troas.

Acts 20:5 Cross References

Acts 16:8

so they went on through Mysia and came down to Troas, [i.e., a seaport on the Aegean Sea, from which they sailed over to Europe].

2 Corinthians 2:12

Now when I came to Troas [See Acts 16:8], in order to preach the good news about Christ, and when a door [of opportunity] was opened to me in [the service of] the Lord [there],

2 Timothy 4:13

When you come, bring my cloak that I left at Troas with Crispus, along with the scrolls and especially the parchments.