Acts 14:26

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
And from there they sailed away to Antioch in Syria. This is the city where the believers had put them into God's care and sent them to do this work. Now they had finished it.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and thence departed by shippe to Antioche fro whence they were delivered vnto the grace of God to the worke which they had fulfilled.

Hebrew Names Version
From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

International Standard Version
From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had completed.Acts 13:1,3; 15:40;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the work that they had accomplished.

New Century Version
And from there they sailed away to Antioch where the believers had put them into God's care and had sent them out to do this work. Now they had finished.

Update Bible Version
and from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been commended to the grace of God, for the work which they fulfilled.

English Standard Version
and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.

World English Bible
From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
they went down to Attalia, And thence sailed back to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God, for the work which they had fulfilled.

Weymouth's New Testament
Thence they sailed to Antioch, where they had previously been commended to the grace of God in connexion with the work which they had now completed.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And fro thennys thei wenten bi boot to Antiochie, fro whennus thei weren takun to the grace of God, in to the werk that thei filliden.

English Revised Version
and thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

Contemporary English Version
and sailed to Antioch in Syria. It was there that they had been placed in God's care for the work they had now completed.

Amplified Bible
From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the work which they had now completed.

American Standard Version
and thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

Bible in Basic English
And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.

Complete Jewish Bible
the place where they had been handed over to the care of God for the work which they had now completed.

Darby Translation
and thence they sailed away to Antioch, whence they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

Etheridge Translation
and from thence voyaged by sea and came to Antiokia, because from thence they had been commended to the grace of the Lord for the work which they had accomplished.

Murdock Translation
And thence they proceeded by sea, and came to Antioch; because from there they had been commended to the grace of the Lord, for that work which they had accomplished.

King James Version (1611)
And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God, for the worke which they fulfilled.

New Living Translation
Finally, they returned by ship to Antioch of Syria, where their journey had begun. The believers there had entrusted them to the grace of God to do the work they had now completed.

New Life Bible
From there they went by ship to Antioch where they had been given to the Lord for His work. The work of this trip was done.

New Revised Standard
From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had completed.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And thence sailed to Antiochia, from whence they had bene comended vnto the grace of God, to the woorke, which they had fulfilled.

George Lamsa Translation
And thence they sailed and came to An''tioch, because from there they had been recommended to the grace of the LORD, for the work which they fulfilled.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, from thence, they set sail for Antioch, whence they had been given up unto the favour of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(14-25) And thence they sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been delivered to the grace of God, unto the work which they accomplished.

Revised Standard Version
and from there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thence departed by shippe to Antioche, from whence they were committed vnto the grace of God, to the worke which they fulfylled.

Good News Translation
and from there they sailed back to Antioch, the place where they had been commended to the care of God's grace for the work they had now completed.

Christian Standard Bible®
From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

King James Version
And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

Lexham English Bible
and from there they sailed away to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had completed.

Literal Translation
and from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

Young's Literal Translation
and thence did sail to Antioch, whence they had been given by the grace of God for the work that they fulfilled;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and fro thence departed they by shippe vnto Antioche: from whence they were delyuered to the grace of God vnto ye worke, which they had fulfylled.

Mace New Testament (1729)
from thence they sailed to Antioch, where they had been recommended to the favour of God, for the commission, which they had now discharg'd.

New English Translation
From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.

New King James Version
From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had completed.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Finally, they got on a boat and headed back to Antioch in Syria where they'd first began their journey. The believers in Antioch had trusted these two cowboys to go out and gather remnants and lean on the grace of God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
From there they sailed to Antioch, from which they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had accomplished.

Legacy Standard Bible
And from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead. ²⁰But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. ²¹They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, ²²strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. "We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said. ²³Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed. ²⁴After passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. ²⁵And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. ²⁶From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.²⁷When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. ²⁸And they spent a long time there with the disciples.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to Antioch: Acts 11:19, Acts 11:26, Acts 13:1, Acts 15:22, Acts 15:30, Galatians 2:11

recommended: Acts 14:23, Acts 13:1-3, Acts 15:40, Acts 20:32, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 3 John 1:6-8

the work: Romans 15:19, Colossians 1:25, Colossians 1:28, Colossians 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:2, 2 Timothy 4:5-8

Reciprocal: Acts 13:2 - the work Acts 13:3 - they sent Acts 18:22 - he went

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thence sailed to Antioch,.... In Syria,

from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God; by the prophets: from this place they first set out on their travels; here they were separated by the order of the Holy Ghost to the work of the ministry, and by them they were sent forth, after they had in prayer commended them to God, and to his grace to assist them, and succeed them, as well as to fit them

for the work which they fulfilled; that is, for the work of the ministry, for the preaching of the Gospel in several places; and which they had now gone through, and finished with great integrity and faithfulness, and with much success, though through many afflictions and persecutions.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And thence sailed to Antioch - See the note at Acts 11:19.

From whence they had been recommended ... - Where they had been appointed to this missionary tour by the church, Acts 13:1-4.

To the grace of God - His favor and protection had been implored for them in their perilous undertaking.

For the work which they fulfilled - This shows conclusively:

(1) That they had accomplished fully the work which was originally contemplated. It was strictly a missionary tour among the Gentiles. It was an important and hazardous enterprise, and was the first in which the church formally engaged. Hence, so much importance is attached to it, and so faithful a record of it is preserved.

(2) It shows that the act by which they were set apart to this Acts 13:1-3 was not an ordination to the ministerial office. It was an appointment to a missionary tour.

(3) It shows that the act was not an appointment to the apostleship. Paul was an apostle before by the express appointment of the Saviour; and Barnabas was never an apostle in the original and proper sense of the term. It was a designation to a temporary work, which was now fulfilled.

We may remark, also, in regard to this missionary tour:

(1) That the work of missions is one which early engaged the attention of Christians.

(2) It entered into their plans, and was one in which the church was deeply interested.

(3) The work of missions is attended with danger. People are now no less hostile to the gospel than they were in Lystra and Iconium.

(4) Missionaries should be sustained by the prayers of the church. And,

(5) In the conduct of Paul and Barnabas we have an example for missionaries in founding churches, and in regard to their own trials and persecutions. If they were persecuted, missionaries may be now; and if the grace of Christ was sufficient to sustain them, it is not the less sufficient to sustain those of our own times amidst all the dangers attending the preaching of the cross in pagan lands.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 14:26. And thence sailed to Antioch — This was Antioch in Syria; and to reach which, by sea, they were obliged to coast a part of the Mediterranean Sea, steering between Cyprus and Cilicia; though they might have gone the whole journey by land.

Whence they had been recommended-for the work which they fulfilled. — The reader will recollect that it was from this Antioch they had been sent to preach the Gospel to the heathen in Asia Minor: see Acts 13:1-2; and that they fulfilled that work: see in the same chapter, Acts 13:48; and the circumstantial account of their travels and preaching given in this chapter.