Acts 18:18–26

The Return Trip to Antioch

¹⁸So Paul, having stayed on for many days, said good-bye to the brothers and sailed away to Syria. Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He shaved his head at Cenchreae because he had taken a vow. ^r19When they reached Ephesus ^she left them there, but he himself entered the synagogue and engaged in discussion with ^tthe Jews. ²⁰And though they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined, ²¹but he said good-bye and stated, ^u“I’ll come back to you again, if God wills.” ^vThen he set sail from Ephesus.

²²On landing at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church ^wand went down to Antioch. ^x23And after spending some time there, he set out, traveling through one place after another in the Galatian territory and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. ^y

The Eloquent Apollos

²⁴A Jew named Apollos, ^za native Alexandrian, an eloquent man who was powerful in the use of the Scriptures, arrived in Ephesus. ²⁵This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, ^ahe spoke and taught the things about Jesus accurately, although he knew only John’s baptism. ^b26He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home ^cand explained the way of God to him more accurately. ^d