2 Timothy 4:20
New International Version
Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick in Miletus.

New Living Translation
Erastus stayed at Corinth, and I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.

English Standard Version
Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus.

Berean Standard Bible
Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.

Berean Literal Bible
Erastus remained in Corinth, but Trophimus I left ailing in Miletus.

King James Bible
Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

New King James Version
Erastus stayed in Corinth, but Trophimus I have left in Miletus sick.

New American Standard Bible
Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.

NASB 1995
Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

NASB 1977
Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

Legacy Standard Bible
Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

Amplified Bible
Erastus stayed on at Corinth, but I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.

Christian Standard Bible
Erastus has remained at Corinth; I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Erastus has remained at Corinth; I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.

American Standard Version
Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Erastus stopped in Qorinthus, but Trophimus I left while he was sick in the city of Miletus.

Contemporary English Version
Erastus stayed at Corinth. Trophimus was sick when I left him at Miletus.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Erastus remained at Corinth. And Trophimus I left sick at Miletus.

English Revised Version
Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Erastus stayed in the city of Corinth and I left Trophimus in the city of Miletus because he was sick.

Good News Translation
Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus in Miletus, because he was sick.

International Standard Version
Erastus stayed in Corinth, and I left Trophimus in Miletus because he was sick.

Literal Standard Version
Erastus remained in Corinth, and I left Trophimus ailing in Miletus;

Majority Standard Bible
Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.

New American Bible
Erastus remained in Corinth, while I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.

NET Bible
Erastus stayed in Corinth. Trophimus I left ill in Miletus.

New Revised Standard Version
Erastus remained in Corinth; Trophimus I left ill in Miletus.

New Heart English Bible
Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus at Miletus, ill.

Webster's Bible Translation
Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus I have left at Miletum sick.

Weymouth New Testament
Erastus stayed in Corinth; Trophimus I left behind me at Miletus, ill.

World English Bible
Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick.

Young's Literal Translation
Erastus did remain in Corinth, and Trophimus I left in Miletus infirm;

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Context
Final Greetings
19Greet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus. 20Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus. 21Make every effort to come to me before winter. Eubulus sends you greetings, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.…

Cross References
Acts 18:1
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.

Acts 18:8
Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.

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.

Acts 20:4
Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

Acts 20:15
Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.

Acts 21:29
For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

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.


Treasury of Scripture

Erastus stayed at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

Erastus.

Acts 19:22
So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.

Romans 16:23
Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.

Trophimus.

Acts 20:4
And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

Acts 21:29
(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

Miletum.

Acts 20:15,17
And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus…

Miletus.

Philippians 2:26,27
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick…

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2 Timothy 4
1. He exhorts him to preach the Word with all care and diligence;
6. certifies him of the nearness of his death;
9. wills him to come speedily unto him, and to bring Marcus with him;
14. warns him to beware of Alexander the metalworker.
16. informs him what had befallen him at his first answering;
19. and soon after he concludes.














(20) Erastus abode at Corinth.--Better rendered, remained at Corinth. An Erastus is mentioned in Romans 16:23, the "chamberlain" of Corinth, one of the Christian congregation of that city. This man was probably identical with him.

Another "Eastus" appears among those who ministered to St. Paul at Ephesus (Acts 19:22). Him St. Paul sent on missionary work into Macedonia. There were, therefore, among St. Paul's friends two men of this name: the one a resident official personage at Corinth; the other one of that band who journeyed hither and thither for the propagation of the faith.

But Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.--Trophimus, a Gentile Christian, who was with St. Paul on his third missionary journey, and whom the Apostle was accused of taking into the Temple at Jerusalem. It was this accusation on the part of the Jews which led to St. Paul's arrest which preceded his first long imprisonment. The event here alluded to must have taken place some time after the Apostle's release from the first imprisonment, A.D. 63, and, probably, in the course of his last journey, shortly before his second arrest and imprisonment at Rome, about A.D. 66.

Miletus (not "Miletum"), a seaport of Caria, about thirty miles from Ephesus, once a city of great renown, whence, it is said, eighty colonies had proceeded; but in the days of St. Paul its glories were already on the wane. It is now famous only for its vast ruined theatre. (See Acts 20:15.)

It has been suggested that this mention of Trophimus was intended to clear him of any neglect. "Erastus," wrote the Apostle, "remained at Corinth; but Trophimus' reason for not coming to Rome was his sickness."

Verse 20. - I left for have I left, A.V.; Miletus for Miletum, A.V. Erastus abode at Corinth. We learn from Romans 16:3 that Erastus was the chamberlain of Corinth, which accounts for his abiding there, he was one of St. Paul's companions in his missionary journey, and we learn from Acts 19:22 that he was sent by St. Paul with Timothy into Macedonia just before the great riot at Ephesus. The mention of him here clearly indicates that St. Paul had gone from Troas, where he left his cloke, to Corinth on his way to Rome. Trophimus is first mentioned in Acts 20:4, where we learn that he was an Asiatic, and more definitely in Acts 21:29, that he was an Ephesian. He had travelled with St. Paul's party from Macedonia to Troas, and thence to Miletus and Jerusalem, where we lose sight of him till we find him again in this passage journeying towards Rome with St. Paul and others, but stopped at Miletus by sickness. Miletus, not Miletum, is the correct form.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Erastus
Ἔραστος (Erastos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2037: Erastus, steward of Corinth, a Christian. From erao; beloved; Erastus, a Christian.

has remained
ἔμεινεν (emeinen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.

at
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Corinth,
Κορίνθῳ (Korinthō)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2882: Corinthus, a city of Greece.

and
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Trophimus
Τρόφιμον (Trophimon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5161: Trophimus, a Christian of Ephesus in Asia. From trophe; nutritive; Trophimus, a Christian.

I left
ἀπέλιπον (apelipon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 620: From apo and leipo; to leave behind; by implication, to forsake.

sick
ἀσθενοῦντα (asthenounta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 770: To be weak (physically: then morally), To be sick. From asthenes; to be feeble.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Miletus.
Μιλήτῳ (Milētō)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3399: Miletus, a city on the coast of the Roman province Asia. Of uncertain origin; Miletus, a city of Asia Minor.


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