Act 19:22 | JFB | STEP | 22. So he sent into Macedonia . . . Timotheus and Erastus —as his pioneers, in part to bring "them into remembrance of his ways which were in Christ" ( ), partly to convey his mind on various matters. After a brief stay he was to return ( ). It is very unlikely that this Erastus was "the chamberlain of the city" of Corinth, of that name ( ). he himself stayed in —the province of Asia for a season —that is, at Ephesus, its chief city. (Asia is mentioned in contrast with Macedonia in the previous clause).

Acts 19:22

22. So he sent into Macedonia . . . Timotheus and Erastus—as his pioneers, in part to bring "them into remembrance of his ways which were in Christ" (1Co 4:17; 16:10), partly to convey his mind on various matters. After a brief stay he was to return (1Co 16:11). It is very unlikely that this Erastus was "the chamberlain of the city" of Corinth, of that name (Ro 16:23).

he himself stayed in—the province of

Asia for a season—that is, at Ephesus, its chief city. (Asia is mentioned in contrast with Macedonia in the previous clause).