Acts 18:21
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.
KJV
ἀλλὰ ἀποταξάμενος καὶ εἰπών· πάλιν ἀνακάμψω πρὸς ὑμᾶς τοῦ θεοῦ θέλοντος, ἀνήχθη ἀπὸ τῆς Ἐφέσου·
Greek NT
sed valefaciens, et dicens : Iterum revertar ad vos, Deo volente : profectus est ab Epheso.
Vulgate
but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.
ASV
But taking his leave and saying: I will return to you again, God willing, he departed from Ephesus.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἀλλὰ ἀποταξάμενος καὶ — SBLGNT
- ἀλλὰ ἀποταξάμενος καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀλλ᾽ ἀπετάξατο αὐτοῖς — Robinson-Pierpont
- εἰπών — SBLGNT
- εἰπών — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + Δεῖ με πάντως τὴν ἑορτὴν τὴν ἐρχομένην ποιῆσαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα — Robinson-Pierpont
- Πάλιν — SBLGNT
- Πάλιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:19 — But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
- 1Cor 4:19 — But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
- 1Cor 16:7 — For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
- Acts 19:21 — After these things were ended, Paul purposed 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 20:16 — For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
- Deut 16:1 — Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
- Heb 6:3 — And this will we do, if God permit.
- Heb 6:3 — And this will we do, if God permit.
- Jas 4:15 — For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
- Jas 4:15 — For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
- Rom 1:10 — Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
- Rom 1:10 — Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
- Rom 15:25 — But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
- Rom 15:32 — That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
- Rom 15:32 — That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.