Acts 18:21

18:21 but said farewell to ¹  them and added, ²  “I will come back ³  to you again if God wills.” ⁴  Then ⁵  he set sail from Ephesus,

Acts 19:26

19:26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded ⁶  and turned away ⁷  a large crowd, ⁸  not only in Ephesus ⁹  but in practically all of the province of Asia, ¹⁰  by saying ¹¹  that gods made by hands are not gods at all. ¹² 

[18:21]  ¹ tn Or “but took leave of.”

[18:21]  ² tn Grk “and saying”; the participle εἰπών (eipwn) has been translated as “added” rather than “said” to avoid redundancy with the previous “said farewell.” The participle εἰπών has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[18:21]  ³ tn Or “will return.”

[18:21]  ⁴ tn The participle θέλοντος (qelontos), a genitive absolute construction, has been translated as a conditional adverbial participle. Again Paul acts in dependence on God.

[18:21]  ⁵ tn A new sentence was begun here in the translation due to the length of the sentence in Greek and the requirements of contemporary English style, which generally uses shorter sentences.

[19:26]  ⁶ tn Grk “persuading.” The participle πείσας (peisa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[19:26]  ⁷ tn Or “misled.”

[19:26]  ⁸ tn BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός 3.a has “of pers. ὄχλος a large crowd…Ac 11:24, 26; 19:26.”

[19:26]  ⁹ map For location see JP1 D2; JP2 D2; JP3 D2; JP4 D2.

[19:26]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 22.

[19:26]  ¹¹ tn The participle λέγων (legwn) has been regarded as indicating instrumentality.

[19:26]  ¹² tn The words “at all” are not in the Greek text but are implied.