Acts 18:21
For he said: I must certainly keep the approaching feast at Jerusalem. But, if it please God, I will come again to you.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
20And they requested him to tarry with them: but he could not be persuaded.
Cross References
Matthew 26:39And retiring a little, he fell on his face, and prayed, and said: My Father, if it can be so, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I choose, but as thou.
Acts 15:29that ye keep aloof from a sacrifice to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from whoredom. And if ye keep yourselves from these, ye will do well. Be ye steadfast in the Lord.
Acts 20:16For Paul had determined with himself to pass by Ephesus, lest he should be delayed there; because he hasted on, if possible, to keep the day of pentecost in Jerusalem. And from Miletus, he sent and called the Elders of the church at Ephesus.
Romans 1:10And I likewise supplicate, that hereafter a door may be opened to me, by the good pleasure of God, to come unto you.
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you speedily, if God be willing: and I will know, not the speech of them who exalt themselves, but their power:
2 Corinthians 13:11Finally, my brethren, rejoice, and be perfected, and be comforted: and may harmony and quietness be among you; and the God of love and of peace will 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 →