Acts 20:5-6

Acts 20:5-6

[5] These  going before  tarried  at  Troas.  [6] And  sailed away  from  Philippi  after  the days  of unleavened bread,  and  came  unto  them  to  Troas  in  five  days;  we abode  seven  days. 

What does Acts 20:5-6 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Apparently these men travelled from Corinth to Philippi with Paul. In Philippi Paul met Luke who may have ministered there since Paul had founded the Philippian church (cf. Acts 16:10-40). Paul"s team celebrated the feast of Unleavened Bread, which followed immediately after Passover, in Philippi. This eight-day festival began with Passover and continued with the feast of Unleavened Bread. The Jews commonly referred to the whole holiday as the feast of Unleavened Bread since it was the longer celebration. Then Paul"s companions proceeded on to Troas. Paul and Luke , and perhaps Titus and two other representatives of the church in Achaia (cf. 2 Corinthians 8:6-24), remained in Philippi briefly. Note the recurrence of "we" ( Acts 20:5-15; cf. Acts 16:10-17; Acts 21:1-18; Acts 27:1 to Acts 28:16). They did so to celebrate the Passover and Unleavened Bread feasts in the spring of A.D57. Then they sailed from Neapolis, the port of Philippi ( Acts 16:11), to Troas and joined the other messengers. This crossing took five days whereas previously Paul"s ship from Troas to Neapolis made the trip in only two days ( Acts 16:11). [1]