Lexham English Bible

Acts 18:16-24 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16. And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

17. So they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of the judgment seat. And none of these things was a concern to Gallio.

18. So Paul, after remaining many days longer, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head at Cenchrea, because he had taken a vow.

19. So they arrived at Ephesus, and those he left behind there, but he himself entered into the synagogue and discussed with the Jews.

20. And when they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not give his consent,

21. but saying farewell and telling them, “I will return to you again if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.

22. And when he arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch.

23. And after spending some time there, he departed, traveling through one place after another in the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

24. Now a certain Jew named Apollos, a native Alexandrian, arrived in Ephesus—an eloquent man who was well-versed in the scriptures.