Paul Returns to Antioch in Syria

18 So Paul, after[a] remaining many days longer, said farewell to the brothers and[b] sailed away to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his[c] head at Cenchrea, because he had taken a vow. 19 So they arrived at Ephesus, and those he left behind there, but he himself entered into the synagogue and[d] discussed with the Jews. 20 And when[e] they asked him[f] to stay for a longer time, he did not give his consent, 21 but saying farewell and telling them,[g] “I will return to you again if[h] God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 18:18 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“remaining”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 18:18 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“said farewell”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Acts 18:18 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  4. Acts 18:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“entered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  5. Acts 18:20 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“asked”)
  6. Acts 18:20 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Acts 18:21 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Acts 18:21 Here “if” is supplied as a component of the conditional adverbial participle (“wills”)