In the meantime, I will be staying here at Ephesus until the Festival of Pentecost.
Parallel translations
- WEB But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,
- KJV But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
- BSB But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,
- NKJV But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost.
- NASB But I will remain in Ephesus until Pentecost;
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Quick answer
Paul announces he will remain in Ephesus until Pentecost rather than leaving immediately. It shows his plans were governed by gospel opportunity, not mere convenience.
Overview
Writing from Ephesus near the end of his roughly three-year ministry there (Acts 19), Paul explains the timing of his travel plans to the Corinthians. Pentecost, a major Jewish feast some weeks after Passover, served as a natural marker on his calendar. His willingness to stay reflects a life ordered around fruitful service to Christ rather than personal ease.
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Cross-references · 5
- Acts 2:1Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.
- Exod 23:16And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
- 1 Cor 15:32If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
- Lev 23:15–21“‘You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be completed:
- Acts 18:19He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
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