# these men had gone before us

"these men had traveled ahead of us"

# before us ... for us

Here "us" refers to the writer and Paul and those traveling with them, but not to the reader. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])

# Troas

This is the name of a place. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])