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Acts 19:22
He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul directs the narrative as he finalizes his journey plans between resolving to visit Jerusalem and Rome in Acts 19:21 and the Ephesian riot in Acts 19:23.
The words — The text uses ἀποστείλας (aposteilas), meaning "having sent," to describe Paul's dispatch, and διακονούντων (diakonountōn), meaning "ministering," to identify Timothy and Erastus as his appointed helpers.
The thread — Erastus appears again in Romans 16:23 as the city treasurer and in 2 Timothy 4:20 as remaining at Corinth, confirming his long-term association with Paul's ministry.
Why it lands — The verse records a practical delegation of travel duties to trusted associates, requiring the reader to track Paul's shifting geographic focus and reliance on his team.
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The Greek words
King James Version
So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
Cross-references
- Romans 16:23 Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.
- 2 Timothy 4:20 Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.
- Acts 13:5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.
- Acts 16:1 Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
- Acts 16:3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
- Acts 16:9 During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
- Acts 18:5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
- Acts 19:10 This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
- Acts 19:29 Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
- Acts 20:1 When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.