but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    but bad the fare well sayinge. I must nedes at this feast that cometh be in Ierusalem: but I will returne agayne vnto you yf God will. And he departed from Ephesus

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    But bade the farewel, saying, I must needes keepe this feast that commeth, in Hierusalem: but I will returne againe vnto you, if God will. So he sailed from Ephesus.

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Cross-references (16)

Passages linked to Acts 18:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
  • James 4:15 For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”
  • Acts 20:16 For 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 in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
  • Romans 1:10 requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.
  • Romans 15:32 that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.
  • Hebrews 6:3 This will we do, if God permits.
  • Deuteronomy 16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
  • Matthew 26:39 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
  • Acts 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”
  • Acts 19:21 Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
  • Acts 21:14 When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.”
  • 1 Corinthians 16:7 For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.
  • 2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
  • Philippians 2:19-24 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing. For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you. For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ. But you know the proof of him, that as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News. Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me. But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.
  • 1 Peter 3:17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
  • Luke 9:61 Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”

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Explain this verse (16 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain So we should promise nothing without this clause, for…

So we should promise nothing without this clause, for we know not what the day following will bring forth.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This feast; the feast of the passover; which is…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And after he had spent some time there,.... At…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain I must by all means keep the feast at…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 21. I must - keep this feast] Most…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Keep this feast - Probably the Passover is here…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain I must . . . keep this feast--probably Pentecost,…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 21. I must… Jerusalem—This entire clause is found wanting…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. but bade them farewell] This is the same…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) I must by all means keep this feast…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Taking his leave of them, and saying for bade…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain I must by all means keep this feast that…
William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain 21, 22. Going down to Caesarea, and up to…
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 19
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 18:21 “I will come back later”: Paul later spent…

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