ACTS 18:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;”
When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined (apotassamai, to bid farewell or decline) — 'But as he left, he promised, 'I will come back if it is God's will' — Paul's refusal and conditional promise ('if God wills,' theos thelō) acknowledge the Jerusalem visit's priority and divine guidance's ultimate determinacy.
Church Fathers on Acts 18:20
See how the Law was breaking up; see how they were bound by conscience. This, namely, was a Jewish custom, to shear their heads agreeably with a vow. But then there ought to be also a sacrifice Acts 21:26, which was not the case here. — Having yet tarried: after the beating of Sosthenes. For it was necessary that he should yet tarry, and comfort them concerning these things. He sailed for Syria. Why does he desire again to come to Syria? It was there that the disciples were…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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