SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:20
Erasto se qued en Corinto; y a Trfimo dej enfermo en Mileto.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Timothy 4:20
Verse 20. Erastus abode at Corinth] He was treasurer of that city, as we learn from Rom. xvi. 23. See the note there. The apostle had sent him and Timothy on a mission to Macedonia, Acts xix. 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 Acts xx. 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.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. Erastus abode at Corinth , etc.] He was chamberlain of that city, ( Romans 16:23) who being sent along with Timothy into Macedonia, ( Acts 19:22) very probably went from thence into Achaia, to Corinth, his native place, where he stayed. But Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick . Trophimus was an Asian, of the city of Ephesus, the same that is spoken of in ( Acts 20:4 21:29). Some say he suffered martyrdom the same day the Apostle Paul did; but others say, that after that time he was bishop of Arles in France. This man went with the apostle into Asia, and from thence to Jerusalem, and came along with him in his voyage to Rome, but falling sick by the way, was left at Miletum. Some, instead of Miletum, would read Melita, that being the island Paul, and the ship's company, escaped to, when they were shipwrecked, ( Acts 28:1) here it is supposed Trophimus was left sick.
Others have observed, that there was a city called Miletus in the island of Crete, under which Paul sailed, ( Acts 27:7), see footnote f35 , and is the place intended; but there is no need to suppose either of these; no doubt Miletum, near to Ephesus, is meant; and as the apostle sailed by the coast of Asia, ( Acts 27:7), on which shore Miletum was, there is no difficulty in supposing him put ashore there. The Alexandrian copy reads Melotus.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 19-22 - We need no more to make us happy, than to have the Lord Jesus Chris with our spirits; for in him all spiritual blessings are summed up. It is the best prayer we can offer for our friends, that the Lord Jesu Christ may be with their spirits, to sanctify and save them, and a last to receive them to himself. Many who believed as Paul, are no before the throne, giving glory to their Lord: may we be followers of them __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
εραστος 2037 εμεινεν 3306 5656 εν 1722 κορινθω 2882 τροφιμον 5161 δε 1161 απελιπον 620 5627 εν 1722 μιλητω 3399 ασθενουντα 770 5723
Vincent's NT Word Studies
20. Erastus. In Acts xix. 22, sent by Paul with Timothy to Macedonia from Ephesus. Rom. xvi. 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 Acts xxii. 4; xxi. 9.
Sick (asqenounta). By Paul mostly in a moral sense, as weak in the faith, Rom. iv. 19; the law was weak, Rom. viii. 3; the weak brother, 1 Corinthians viii. 11. Of bodily sickness, Philip. ii. 26, 27.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
4:20 {Erastus} (erastos). See #Ac 19:22; Ro 16:23. {Trophimus} (trofimon). A native of Ephesus and with Paul in Jerusalem (#Ac 20:4; 21:29). {At Miletus sick} (en miletwi asqenounta). Present active participle of asqenew, to be weak. Probably on Paul's return from Crete.
