1 Corinthians 16:8

8 I will tary at Ephesus untyll whit sontyde.

1 Corinthians 16:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 16:8

But I will tarry at Ephesus till Pentecost.
] The feast of weeks, or of harvest, which was fifty days from the passover; (See Gill on Acts 2:1) which though abrogated at the death of Christ, was observed by the Jews, and is mentioned by the apostle, not as a festival that the Christians were obliged to regard, or did regard, but as pointing out the time he intended to stay at Ephesus: and we elsewhere read, that he was greatly desirous of being at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, ( Acts 20:16 ) not to keep it, but because there would then be abundance of people from all parts there, to whom he should have an opportunity of preaching the Gospel.

1 Corinthians 16:8 In-Context

6 With you paraveture I wyll abyde awhyle: or els winter that ye maye brynge me on my waye whyther soever I goo.
7 I will not se you now in my passage: but I trust to abyde a whyle with you yf God shall suffre me.
8 I will tary at Ephesus untyll whit sontyde.
9 For a greate dore and a frutefull is opened vnto me: and ther are many adversaries.
10 If Timotheus come se yt he be with out feare with you. For he worketh the worke of the Lorde as I doo.
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