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Selected Verse: Acts 18:21 - Strong Concordance

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Ac 18:21 Strong Concordance But [235] bade [657] them [846] farewell [657], saying [2036], I [3165] must [1163] by all means [3843] keep [4160] this feast [1859] that cometh [2064] in [1519] Jerusalem [2414]: but [1161] I will return [344] again [3825] unto [4314] you [5209], if God [2316] will [2309]. And [2532] he sailed [321] from [575] Ephesus [2181].
  King James 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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
I must . . . keep this feast--probably Pentecost, presenting a noble opportunity of preaching the Gospel.

but I will return--the fulfilment of which promise is recorded in Act 19:1.
 
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1 And [1161] it came to pass [1096], that, while Apollos [625] was [1511] [1722] at [1722] Corinth [2882], Paul [3972] having passed [1330] through the upper [510] coasts [3313] came [2064] to [1519] Ephesus [2181]: and [2532] finding [2147] certain [5100] disciples [3101],
31 Therefore [1352] watch [1127], and remember [3421], that [3754] by the space of three years [5148] I ceased [3973] not [3756] to warn [3560] every [1538] one [1520] night [3571] and [2532] day [2250] with [3326] tears [1144].
1 And [1161] it came to pass [1096], that, while Apollos [625] was [1511] [1722] at [1722] Corinth [2882], Paul [3972] having passed [1330] through the upper [510] coasts [3313] came [2064] to [1519] Ephesus [2181]: and [2532] finding [2147] certain [5100] disciples [3101],
20 And [1161] when they heard [191] it, they glorified [1392] the Lord [2962], and [5037] said [2036] unto him [846], Thou seest [2334], brother [80], how many [4214] thousands [3461] of Jews [2453] there are [1526] which [3588] believe [4100]; and [2532] they are [5225] all [3956] zealous [2207] of the law [3551]:
21 And [1161] they are informed [2727] of [4012] thee [4675], that [3754] thou teachest [1321] all [3956] the Jews [2453] which are among [2596] the Gentiles [1484] to [575] forsake [646] Moses [3475], saying [3004] that they [846] ought [4059] not [3361] to circumcise [4059] their children [5043], neither [3366] to walk [4043] after the customs [1485].
1 And [1161] it came to pass [1096], that, while Apollos [625] was [1511] [1722] at [1722] Corinth [2882], Paul [3972] having passed [1330] through the upper [510] coasts [3313] came [2064] to [1519] Ephesus [2181]: and [2532] finding [2147] certain [5100] disciples [3101],
31 Therefore [1352] watch [1127], and remember [3421], that [3754] by the space of three years [5148] I ceased [3973] not [3756] to warn [3560] every [1538] one [1520] night [3571] and [2532] day [2250] with [3326] tears [1144].
1 And [1161] it came to pass [1096], that, while Apollos [625] was [1511] [1722] at [1722] Corinth [2882], Paul [3972] having passed [1330] through the upper [510] coasts [3313] came [2064] to [1519] Ephesus [2181]: and [2532] finding [2147] certain [5100] disciples [3101],