Charles Ellicott Commentary Acts 20:5

"But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas." — Acts 20:5 (ASV)

These going before tarried for us at Troas.—Two motives may be assigned for this arrangement:

1. It enabled St. Paul to keep the Passover with the church at Philippi, starting “after the days of unleavened bread,” and that feast was already assuming a new character as the festival of the Resurrection, bringing with it also the commemoration that Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us (1 Corinthians 5:7–8);
2. The disciples who went on in advance would announce St. Paul’s coming to the church of Troas, and so there would be a full gathering to receive him and listen to him on his arrival.