Acts 20:4

“And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea, etc.] This Sopater is thought to be the same with Sosipater in ( <451621>Romans 16:21) and in three of Beza’s copies, and in as many of Stephens’s, he is so called here; the Ethiopic version calls him Peter, a citizen of Berea; and the Arabic version Sopater of Aleppo. The Alexandrian copy, Beza’s most ancient copy, and others, the Complutensian edition, and the Vulgate Latin version, read, Sopater of Pyrrhus, the Berean; that is, the son of Pyrrhus. He is reckoned among the seventy disciples, and is said to be bishop of Iconium; (see Gill on “<421001>Luke 10:1”). This name was common among the Greeks; there was one of this name a native…”

“there accompanied him into Asia--the province of Asia. Sopater of Berea--The true reading, beyond doubt, is, "Sopater [the son] of Pyrrhus of Berea." Some think this mention of his father was to distinguish him from Sosipater (the same name in fuller form), mentioned in Rom 16:21. But that they were the same person seems more probable. of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus--(See on Act 19:29). and Secundus--of whom nothing else is known. Gaius of Derbe--Though the Gaius of Act 19:29 is said to be of "Macedonia," and this one "of Derbe," there is no sufficient reason for supposing them different persons; on the contrary, Rom 16:23 (compare with Jo3 1:1, where there is hardly any reason to doubt…”

“And there accompanied him - It was usual for some of the disciples to attend the apostles in their journeys. Into Asia - It is not meant that they attended him from Greece through Macedonia, but that they went with him to Asia, having gone before him, and joined him at Troas. Sopater of Berea - Perhaps the same person who, in Romans 16:21, is called Sosipater, and who is there said to have been a kinsman of Paul. Aristarchus - Acts 19:29. Gaius of Derbe - See the notes on Acts 19:29. Tychicus - This man was high in the confidence and affection of Paul. In Ephesians 6:21-22 he styles him “a beloved brother, and faithful minister in the Lord.” And Trophimus - Trophimus was from Ephesus, Acts…”

“To Asia - There some of them left him. But Trophimus went with him to Jerusalem, Act 21:29. Aristarchus, even to Rome, Act 27:2. Acts 20:6”

“20:4 Paul’s traveling companions were disciples from Berea, Thessalonica, Derbe, and Asia, whom he was mentoring and equipping to lead (cp. 2 Tim 2:2).”

“Sopater: Rom 16:21, Sosipater Berea: Act 17:10-12 Aristarchus: Act 19:29, Act 27:2; Col 4:10; Plm 1:24 Gaius: Rom 16:23; Jo3 1:1 Derbe: Act 14:6, Act 14:20; Co2 8:23, Co2 8:24 Timotheus: Act 16:1; Co2 1:1, Co2 1:19; Phi 2:19; Ti1 1:1; Ti2 1:2 Tychicus: Eph 6:21; Col 4:7; Ti2 4:12; Tit 3:12 Trophimus: Act 21:29; Ti2 4:20 Acts 20:5”