ACTS 18:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
Then he set sail from Ephesus — The brevity masks Paul's internal calculations: Jerusalem pilgrimage supersedes extended Ephesus residence, yet he knows (later events confirm) that Ephesus will become crucial.
Church Fathers on Acts 18:21
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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