Acts 18:21
but took his leave of them, saying, I must by all means keep the coming feast at Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you if God will. And he set sail from Ephesus,
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20And when they asked him to abide with them a longer time, he consented not;
22and when he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and saluted the church, and went down to Antioch.
Cross References
Matthew 26:39And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Acts 15:29that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.
Acts 20:16For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
Romans 1:10always in my prayers making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power.
2 Corinthians 13:11Finally, brethren, rejoice; be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace: and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Matthew Henry on Acts 18:19-24
Paul's Visit to Ephesus and Jerusalem. 18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; 21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast… Read the whole commentary →