Acts 18:21 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 18:21

But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts (550)

He left Priscilla and Aquila in Ephesus, he said, [and did this with good reason], as if they were teaching there. For since they had been associated with him for so long, they had learned very many things; yet he had not been able to …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

I must by all means keep the feast at Jerusalem - This was not from any apprehension that he was obliged in conscience to keep the Jewish feasts; but to take the opportunity of meeting a great number of his countrymen to whom he might preach Christ, or whom he might farther instruct, or free from the prejudices they had imbibed against him.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Keep this feast - Probably the Passover is here referred to. Why he was so anxious to celebrate that feast at Jerusalem, the historian has not informed us. It is probable, however, that he wished to meet as many of his countrymen as possible, and to remove, if practicable, the prejudices which had everywhere been raised against him, Act 21:20-21. Perhaps, also, he supposed that there would be many Christian converts present, whom he might meet also. But I will return ... - This he did Act 19:1, and remained there three years, Act 20:31.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ἀποταξάμενος	apotaxamenos	having taken leave	G657 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἰπών	eipōn	having said	G2036 →
πάλιν	palin	Again	G3825 →
ἀνακάμψω	anakampsō	I will return	G344 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
θέλοντος,	thelontos	willing,	G2309 →
ἀνήχθη	anēchthē	he sailed	G321 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
Ἐφέσου.	Ephesou	Ephesus.	G2181 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 4:15
Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
leads to
- Hebrews 6:3
  And this we will do, if God permits.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 19:21
  Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- 1 Corinthians 16:7
  For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Lamentations 3:37
  Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
- Romans 1:10
  in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
Through
Acts 20:16
Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
leads to
- Acts 19:21
  After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 16:8
  But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
Through
Romans 15:32
so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 16:18
  For they refreshed my spirit and yours as well. Show your appreciation, therefore, to such men.