Acts 20:5

"But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas"But these had gone before": Evidently, these accompanying messengers went ahead of Paul to Troas. "Waiting for us": The word us indicates that Luke had rejoined Paul. "Since the Philippian church was planted nearly. years earlier, Luke has been working in that city" (Reese p. 732). It appears that Luke joins Paul, as Paul travels through the city of Philippi (Acts 20:6). "The remainder of the Acts is told by an eyewitness of the various events recorded" (Boles p. 317). "In most cases Luke note these men's home as well as their name in order both to identify them clearly and also (probably) to indicate how they represented the different regions which were taking part in the collection" (Stott p. 318).