Paul Returns to Antioch

¹⁸ Paul stayed with the ·believers [^Lbrothers (and sisters)] for many more days. Then he ·left [said farewell] and sailed for Syria, with Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchrea [^Ca port city east of Corinth] Paul cut off his hair [^Ca ritual sometimes performed when a promise was accomplished; perhaps this was a Nazirite vow; Num. 6:1–21], because he had made a ·promise to God [^Lvow]. ¹⁹ Then they went to Ephesus [^Ca major city across the Aegean Sea in western Asia Minor], where Paul left ·Priscilla and Aquila [^Lthem]. While Paul was there, he went into the synagogue and talked [or argued; reasoned] with the ·people [^LJews]. ²⁰ When they asked him to stay with them longer, he ·refused [declined]. ²¹ But as he ·left [said farewell], he said, “I will come back to you again if God ·wants me to [wills].” And so he sailed away from Ephesus.