Acts 18:21 — Meaning and Application

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“But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.”

Acts 18:21

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And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

When they desired {him} to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;

But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

And after he had spent some time {there}, he departed, and went over {all} the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

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Acts 18:1

"After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;"

Acts 18:2

"And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them."

Acts 18:3

"And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers."

Acts 18:4

"And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks."

Acts 18:5

"And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews {that} Jesus {was} Christ. {was Christ: or, is the Christ}"

Acts 18:6

"And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook {his} raiment, and said unto them, Your blood {be} upon your own heads; I {am} clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles."

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