“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.”
He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe and Timothy also, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia — Luke's detailed companion list (perhaps his sources' documentation) includes representatives from Paul's missionary circuit. The presence of Gaius 'from Derbe' (not 'of Derbe') may indicate relocated community members.
Church Fathers on Acts 20:4
There was need of much comforting after that uproar. Accordingly, having done this, he goes into Macedonia, and then into Greece. For, it says, when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, and there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. (v. 2, 3.) Again he is persecuted by the Jews, and goes into Macedonia. And there accompanied him…
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