Acts 20:4 New English Translation
4 Paul[a] was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea,[b] Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica,[c] Gaius[d] from Derbe,[e] and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.[f]
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- Acts 20:4 tn Grk “He”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Acts 20:4 sn Berea (alternate spelling in NRSV Beroea; Greek Beroia) was a very old city in Macedonia on the river Astraeus about 45 mi (75 km) from Thessalonica.
- Acts 20:4 tn Grk “of the Thessalonians.”
- Acts 20:4 tn Grk “and Gaius,” but this καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
- Acts 20:4 sn Derbe was a city in Lycaonia about 35 mi (60 km) southeast of Lystra.
- Acts 20:4 tn Grk “the Asians Tychicus and Trophimus.” In the NT “Asia” always refers to the Roman province of Asia. The Roman province of Asia made up about one-third of modern Asia Minor and was on the western side of it. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.
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