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Verse	Translation	Text
2Ti 4:20	Strong Concordance	Erastus [2037] abode [3306] at [1722] Corinth [2882]: but [1161] Trophimus [5161] have I left [620] at [1722] Miletum [3399] sick [770].
	King James	Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
In order to depict his desertion, he informs Timothy that Erastus, one of his usual companions (Act 19:22, possibly the same Erastus as in Rom 16:23, though how he could leave his official duties for missionary journeys is not clear), stayed behind at Corinth, his native place, or usual residence, of which city he was "chamberlain," or city steward and treasurer (Rom 16:23); and Trophimus he left behind at Miletus sick. (On his former history, see on Act 20:4; Act 21:29). This verse is irreconcilable with the imprisonment from which he writes being the first: for he did not pass by Corinth or Miletus on his way to Rome when about to be imprisoned for the first time. As Miletus was near Ephesus, there is a presumption that Timothy was not at Ephesus when Paul wrote, or he would not need to inform Timothy of Trophimus lying sick in his immediate neighborhood. However, Trophimus may not have been still at Miletus at the time when Paul wrote, though he had left him there on his way to Rome. Prisca and Aquila were most likely to be at Ephesus (Ti2 4:19), and he desires Timothy to salute them: so also Onesiphorus' household (Ti2 1:18). Paul had not the power of healing at will (Act 19:12), but as the Lord allowed him.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

In order to depict his desertion, he informs Timothy that Erastus, one of his usual companions (Act 19:22, possibly the same Erastus as in Rom 16:23, though how he could leave his official duties for missionary journeys is not clear), stayed behind at Corinth, his native place, or usual residence, of which city he was "chamberlain," or city steward and treasurer (Rom 16:23); and Trophimus he left behind at Miletus sick. (On his former history, see on Act 20:4; Act 21:29). This verse is irreconcilable with the imprisonment from which he writes being the first: for he did not pass by Corinth or Miletus on his way to Rome when about to be imprisoned for the first time. As Miletus was near Ephesus, there is a presumption that Timothy was not at Ephesus when Paul wrote, or he would not need to inform Timothy of Trophimus lying sick in his immediate neighborhood. However, Trophimus may not have been still at Miletus at the time when Paul wrote, though he had left him there on his way to Rome. Prisca and Aquila were most likely to be at Ephesus (Ti2 4:19), and he desires Timothy to salute them: so also Onesiphorus' household (Ti2 1:18). Paul had not the power of healing at will (Act 19:12), but as the Lord allowed him.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Erastus - see the notes on Rom 16:23. Abode at Corinth - This was his home, where he filled an important office; see the notes at Rom 16:23. It would seem that when Paul went to Rome, there was some expectation that he would accompany him, but that reasons had occurred for his remaining in Corinth. His doing so is referred to without blame. But Trophimus - see Act 20:4. He was a native of Asia Minor. Have I left at Miletum sick - Probably he designed to accompany him to Rome, as he had been often with him in his journeys. On the situation of Miletus, or Miletum, see the notes on Act 20:15.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Erastus In Act 19:22, sent by Paul with Timothy to Macedonia from Ephesus. Rom 16:23, the city-treasurer who sends salutations. He cannot be certainly identified with the one mentioned here. The writer merely selects names of well-known companions of Paul. Trophimus See Act 22:4; Act 21:9. Sick (ἀσθενοῦντα) By Paul mostly in a moral sense, as weak in the faith, Rom 4:19; the law was weak, Rom 8:3; the weak brother, Co1 8:11. Of bodily sickness, Phi 2:26, Phi 2:27.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
When I came on, Erastus abode at Corinth - Being chamberlain of the city, Rom 16:23. But Trophimus I have left sick - Not having power (as neither had any of the apostles) to work miracles when he pleased, but only when God pleased.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Erastus abode at Corinth - He was treasurer of that city, as we learn from Rom 16:23 (note). The apostle had sent him and Timothy on a mission to Macedonia, Act 19:22, whence it is probable he returned to Corinth, and there became finally settled. Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick - Even the apostles could not work miracles when they pleased; that power was but rarely given, and that for very special purposes. Trophimus was an Ephesian. See Act 20:4, and the note there. Miletus was a maritime town of Ionia, not far from Ephesus; but there was another Miletus, in Crete, which some learned men think to be intended here. It appears that St. Paul went from Macedonia to Corinth, where he left Erastus; from Corinth he proceeded to Troas, where he lodged with Carpus: from Troas he went to Ephesus, where he visited Timothy; from Ephesus he went to Miletus, where he left Trophimus sick; and having embarked at Miletus, he went by sea to Rome. See Calmet. It is most likely, therefore, that the Miletus of Ionia is the place intended.

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¹² So [2532] [5620] that from [575] his [846] body [5559] were brought [2018] unto [1909] the sick [770] handkerchiefs [4676] or [2228] aprons [4612], and [2532] the diseases [3554] departed [525] from [575] them [846], and [5037] the evil [4190] spirits [4151] went [1831] out of [575] them [846].

¹⁸ The Lord [2962] grant [1325] unto him [846] that he may find [2147] mercy [1656] of [3844] the Lord [2962] in [1722] that [1565] day [2250]: and [2532] in how many things [3745] he ministered unto me [1247] at [1722] Ephesus [2181], thou [4771] knowest [1097] very well [957].

¹⁹ Salute [782] Prisca [4251] and [2532] Aquila [207], and [2532] the household [3624] of Onesiphorus [3683].

²⁹ (For [1063] they had [2258] seen before [4308] with [4862] him [846] in [1722] the city [4172] Trophimus [5161] an Ephesian [2180], whom [3739] they supposed [3543] that [3754] Paul [3972] had brought [1521] into [1519] the temple [2411].)

⁴ And [1161] there accompanied [4902] him [846] into [891] Asia [773] Sopater [4986] of Berea [961]; and [1161] of the Thessalonians [2331], Aristarchus [708] and [2532] Secundus [4580]; and [2532] Gaius [1050] of Derbe [1190], and [2532] Timotheus [5095]; and [1161] of Asia [774], Tychicus [5190] and [2532] Trophimus [5161].

²³ Gaius [1050] mine [3450] host [3581], and [2532] of the whole [3650] church [1577], saluteth [782] you [5209]. Erastus [2037] the chamberlain [3623] of the city [4172] saluteth [782] you [5209], and [2532] Quartus [2890] a brother [80].

²² So [1161] he sent [649] into [1519] Macedonia [3109] two [1417] of them that ministered [1247] unto him [846], Timotheus [5095] and [2532] Erastus [2037]; but he himself [846] stayed [1907] in [1519] Asia [773] for a season [5550].

¹⁵ And [2547] we sailed [636] thence [2547], and came [2658] the next [1966] day over against [481] Chios [5508]; and [1161] the next [2087] day we arrived [3846] at [1519] Samos [4544], and [2532] tarried [3306] at [1722] Trogyllium [5175]; and the next [2192] day we came [2064] to [1519] Miletus [3399].

²⁷ For [1063] indeed [2532] he was sick [770] nigh [3897] unto death [2288]: but [235] God [2316] had mercy [1653] on him [846]; and [1161] not [3756] on him [846] only [3440], but [235] on me [1691] also [2532], lest [3363] I should have [2192] sorrow [3077] upon [1909] sorrow [3077].

²⁶ For [1894] he [2258] longed after [1971] you [5209] all [3956], and [2532] was full of heaviness [85], because [1360] that ye had heard [191] that [3754] he had been sick [770].

¹¹ And [2532] through [1909] thy [4674] knowledge [1108] shall [622] the weak [770] brother [80] perish [622], for [1223] whom [3739] Christ [5547] died [599]?

³ For [1063] what the law [3551] could not do [102], in [1722] that [3739] it was weak [770] through [1223] the flesh [4561], God [2316] sending [3992] his own [1438] Son [5207] in [1722] the likeness [3667] of sinful [266] flesh [4561], and [2532] for [4012] sin [266], condemned [2632] sin [266] in [1722] the flesh [4561]:

¹⁹ And [2532] being not [3361] weak [770] in faith [4102], he considered [2657] not [3756] his own [1438] body [4983] now [2235] dead [3499], when he was [5225] about [4225] an hundred years old [1541], neither yet [2532] the deadness [3500] of Sara's [4564] womb [3388]:

⁹ And [1161] the same man [5129] had [2258] four [5064] daughters [2364], virgins [3933], which did prophesy [4395].

⁴ And I [3739] persecuted [1377] this [5026] way [3598] unto [891] the death [2288], binding [1195] and [2532] delivering [3860] into [1519] prisons [5438] both [5037] men [435] and [2532] women [1135].