¹⁸After staying for some time, Paul said farewell to the brothers and sisters and sailed away to Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head at Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken.^d ¹⁹When they reached Ephesus^e he left them there, but he himself entered the synagogue and debated with the Jews. ²⁰When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined, ²¹but he said farewell and added,^E “I’ll come back to you again, if God wills.”^f Then he set sail from Ephesus.

²²On landing at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church, then went down to Antioch.^g

²³After spending some time there, he set out, traveling through one place after another in the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.^h

THE ELOQUENT APOLLOS

²⁴Now a Jew named Apollos,ⁱ a native Alexandrian, an eloquent man who was competent in the use of the Scriptures, arrived in Ephesus. ²⁵He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit,^A he was speaking and teaching accurately about Jesus, although he knew only John’s baptism.^j ²⁶He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside^B and explained the way of God to him more accurately.^k

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Footnotes

EOther add “By all means it is necessary to keep the coming festival in Jerusalem. But
AOr in the Spirit
B they received him

Cross references

d Nm 6:2,5,9,18; Ac 21:24; Rm 16:1
e Ac 19:1; 20:16; 1Co 15:32; 1Tm 1:3; 2Tm 1:18
f Rm 1:10; 1Co 4:19; 16:7; Heb 6:3; Jms 4:15; 1Pt 3:17
g Ac 8:40; 11:19
h Ac 14:22; 16:6
i Ac 19:1; 1Co 1:12; 3:5; 4:6; 16:12; Ti 3:13
j Lk 7:29; Ac 9:2; 19:3; Rm 12:11
k Mt 2:8; Lk 1:3; Ac 18:25; 23:15,20; 24:22; Eph 5:15; 1Th 5:2