Acts 18:21
But bade them farewell, saying, I will return to you, if God wills. And he sailed from Ephesus.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
20When they asked him to remain longer with them, he did not consent;
22And when he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, then went down to Antioch.
Cross References
Matthew 26:39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.
Acts 15:29That you abstain from foods offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you shall do well. Farewell.
Acts 20:16For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, because he did not want to spend time in Asia: for he was making haste, so that if possible, he would be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
Romans 1:10Making request, that by some means I might now at last, by the will of God, succeed in coming to you.
1 Corinthians 4:19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and will find out, not the speech of those who are puffed up, but their power.
2 Corinthians 13:11Finally, brethren, farewell. Aim to be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one 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 →