Paul Returns to Antioch

Acts 18

¹⁸ After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of _x the brothers ₁ and set sail for Syria, and with him _y Priscilla and Aquila. At _z Cenchreae _a he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow. ¹⁹ And they came to _b Ephesus, and he left them there, but _c he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. ²⁰ When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined. ²¹ But on taking leave of them he said, "I will return to you _d if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.

²² When he had landed at Caesarea, he _e went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch. ²³ After spending some time there, he departed and _f went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, _g strengthening all the disciples.

1. Cross References
   John 21:23
   So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
   
2. Cross References
   Acts 18:2
   And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them.
   
3. Cross References
   Romans 16:1
   I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae.
   
4. Cross References
   Acts 21:23 - 24
   Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow.
   Numbers 6:2
   Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord.
   Numbers 6:18
   And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.
   
5. Cross References
   Acts 19:1
   And it happened that while Apollos was at Corin...
   Acts 20:16 - 17
   For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so t...
   1 Corinthians 15:32
   What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought w...
   1 Corinthians 16:8
   But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost.
   Ephesians 1:1
   Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of...
   1 Timothy 1:3
   As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, r...
   2 Timothy 1:18
   May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the L...
   
6. Cross References
   Acts 18:4
   And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.
   
7. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 4:19
   But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills,...
   1 Corinthians 16:7
   For I do not want to see you now just in passin...
   Hebrews 6:3
   And this we will do if God permits.
   James 4:15
   Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, w...
   Romans 15:32
   So that by God's will I may come to you with jo...
   1 Peter 3:17
   For it is better to suffer for doing good, if t...
   
8. Cross References
   Acts 11:2
   So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying.
   Acts 21:15
   After these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
   
9. Cross References
   Acts 16:6
   And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
   
10. Cross References
    Acts 14:22
    Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
    

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