But Paul decided not to take with them one who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
The Ephraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle.
Like a bad tooth or a lame foot is trust in a faithless person in time of trouble.
Another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.”
Then Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John, however, left them and returned to Jerusalem,
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,