brethren accompanied him, and went before into Asia to wait at Troas for Paul and Luke. Sopater (the same as in Rom. 16:21), was of Beroea. Two were from the assembly in Thessalonica, Aristarchus and Secundus, Gaius was from Derbe, Timothy and the two of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. The last-named was left sick in Miletus (2 Tim. 4:20). From the little word “we” in verse 6, we learn that Luke, the beloved physician, and the penman, used by the Holy Spirit to write this book, joined the Apostle.