Acts 20:3

The plot was to kill Paul on board the Jewish pilgrim ship in which he had taken his passage.

4, 5. The men mentioned here were delegates bearing the contributions of St. Paul's Gentile churches to the afflicted mother church of Jerusalem. Gaius] to be distinguished from Gaius the Macedonian of Acts 19:29, and the Gaius of 3 Jn. He was a neighbour, and, perhaps, a friend of Timothy, and had probably been converted, like Timothy, during St. Paul's first missionary journey. Tychicus] He was with St. Paul at Rome during his first imprisonment, and was the bearer of Ephesians (Ephesians 6:21) and Colossians (Colossians 4:7). He is mentioned again 2 Timothy 4:12; Titus 3:12. Trophimus] a Gentile convert of Ephesus, whom St. Paul was accused of introducing into the Temple at Jerusalem (21 :28f). He is mentioned again 2 Timothy 4:12. These] i.e. probably Tychicus and Trophimus only, not the whole party.