Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:20:

• Uma: “On their journey, they stopped-in at the town of Efesus, and Paulus entered the house of prayer and exchanged words with the Yahudi people gathered there. They requested of him that he be rather long with them, but he did not want to. However when he left, he said to them: ‘If God wants, I will come back here later.’ Priskila and Akwila stayed [emphatic] in Efesus, but Paulus continued his journey, boarding a ship going to the land of Siria.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “They urged him to stay there longer but he did not want to.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “They begged him that he quickly leave them, however Paul did not obey” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When they stopped at Efeso, Pablo went to the synagogue and discussed-with the Jews. They persuaded (lit. hung-onto) him to stay-with (them) there, but Pablo refused. ‘If that’s what God wants, then I will return,’ he said. Then he left Aquila and Priscilla at Efeso, and he rode again in a ship.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “The Jews wanted Pablo to stay there a long time, but he asked to be forgiven for he didn’t want to delay.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:21:

• Uma: “On their journey, they stopped-in at the town of Efesus, and Paulus entered the house of prayer and exchanged words with the Yahudi people gathered there. They requested of him that he be rather long with them, but he did not want to. However when he left, he said to them: ‘If God wants, I will come back here later.’ Priskila and Akwila stayed [emphatic] in Efesus, but Paulus continued his journey, boarding a ship going to the land of Siria.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He said to them as he was about to leave, ‘If it is God’s will, I will return here to you.’ Then he sailed from Epesus.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “because he said to them as he was leaving, ‘I will come back here again if God permits.’ And he got on a ship and he left Ephesus.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When they stopped at Efeso, Pablo went to the synagogue and discussed-with the Jews. They persuaded (lit. hung-onto) him to stay-with (them) there, but Pablo refused. ‘If that’s what God wants, then I will return,’ he said. Then he left Aquila and Priscilla at Efeso, and he rode again in a ship.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “‘However,’ he said, ‘if it is the will of God, I will indeed return here to you.’ When he had said that, he took leave and sailed again.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:22:

• Uma: “When he really arrived at the town of Kaisarea in the land of Siria, he went first to Yerusalem to greet the believers in the Lord Yesus there, and only then did he go to the town of Antiokhia.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When Paul arrived in Kesarea, he went up to Awrusalam to visit the people there who were trusting in Isa. Then he went to Antiyok.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when he landed at Caesarea, Paul continued up to Jerusalem and he visited the believers there, and then he went home to the town of Antioch.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Arriving then at Cesarea, (The BT for the preceding phrase and the last part of vv.19-21 represents a revision made since the 2000 edition was published) he walked to go-uphill to Jerusalem to go visit the congregation, after that he then went-downhill to Antiok.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “When what Pablo was sailing on arrived at Cesarea, after docking, he disembarked. He went on at once going to Jerusalem and went to see/meet the believers there. And then he continued on to Antioquia.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:23:

• Uma: “He was several days in Antiokhia, and he also left going to the lands of Galatia and Frigia, in order to strengthen the faith of the followers of the Lord Yesus there.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “When he had been in Antiyok for a few days, he left and he went-to (lit. covered) all the places in Galatiya and Pirigiya, and he encouraged the livers of the disciples of Isa in those places.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And when he was there for some time, he continued on again. He went through the province of Phrygia and Galatia and he drew tight the believing of the disciples of Jesus there.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When he had been-a-fairly-long-time there, he set-out again to go visit the various-towns in the region of Galacia and Frigia to strengthen the minds/thoughts of the believers.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Although there is where he was going home to, he indeed didn’t stay long, for he set out again. He went again to the places where he had taught in the districts of Galacia and Frigia. What he did was, he was making sturdy the believing/obeying of all the believers there in those lands.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:24:

• Uma: “When Priskila and Akwila were in Efesus, there also arrived a Yahudi person, his name Apolos. The town of his birth was Aleksandria. He was very smart in speaking, and he knew very well the contents of the Holy Book.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “At that time a certain Yahudi called Apollos arrived there in Epesus. He was born in the place Iskandal. He was eloquent/skilled-in-speaking and his learning/studies of the holy-book was deep.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “At that time a Jew from Alexandria whose name was Apollos arrived in Ephesus. He knew how to orate and he knew also how to explain the written word of God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Meanwhile there was a Jew from-Alexandria who went to Efeso. His name, it was Apollos. He was skilled to teach, and he also knew much concerning what God had caused-to-be-written.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “At that time, there arrived in Efeso a Jew from Alejandria, named Apolos. He was praiseworthy in speech. He had studied well the writings which are the word of God and he really knew how to teach.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:25:

• Uma: “He had already also been taught the account of the Lord Yesus. So, when he arrived in Efesus, he taught with his real heart, teaching people the account of Yesus with all-clarity, but he did not-yet know all the teachings of Yesus, it was still only the baptizing of Yohanes the Baptizer that he knew.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He had been taught about the teaching of Isa, the Lord. He spoke forcefully (lit. caused-to-be-really) and his teaching about Isa was correct. But that is what he only knew the baptism/bathing taught by Yahiya.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Someone had taught him beforehand about our Lord Jesus, and he was very strong to teach, and correct was his explaining about Jesus. However, the only thing he knew about so far was the baptism that John taught.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “He was industrious to teach concerning the Lord Jesus, and what he was saying moreover was true, because someone had taught him previously. But what he knew however was only what Juan had been teaching when he was still baptizing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “He had been taught already concerning the Lord, but the limit of it was that which had been taught by Juan who was baptizing in the past, saying, ‘Repent and let go of your sins because the kingdom of God is near.’ But even though that’s all he knew concerning Jesus, he was really teaching it thoroughly and with perseverance.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:26:

• Uma: “At that time, he also began to speak in the Yahudi house of prayer with no fear. When Priskila and Akwila heard the words of Apolos, the befriended/accompanied him to their house, and they explained still further to him God’s intention to lift mankind from the punishment of their sins with the redeeming of the Lord Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “He taught/preached in the prayer-house of the Yahudi and he had no fear to speak to the people. When Pirisila and Akila heard him, they brought him to their house and they explained to him more about the teaching of God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “At that time Apollos was always teaching in the church of the Jews, and he was not afraid to teach. Now as for Priscilla and Aquila, when they heard his teaching, they took him to their house and thoroughly taught him the words of God which he did not yet know.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “He began to preach in the synagogue, and he was also brave to speak. Upon Priscilla and Aquila’s hearing, they invited him to their house, and they taught him properly what he didn’t know concerning Jesus and the way God saves people.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “There at Efeso also where he had arrived, he was really bold in teaching in the worship-place of the Jews. However, when Aquila and his wife heard that teaching of his, they caused him to accompany them to their place and then showed in detail the way/trail of salvation which was determined by God, so that he would be really enlightened about all of it.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 18:27:

• Uma: “After that, there was an intention of Apolos wanting to go to the province of Akhaya. And his one-faith relatives in Efesus helped him: they sent letters to their fellow believers in Akhaya so that they would receive Apolos well. So, Apolos did arrive in Akhaya, and his teaching brought much blessing to all the people who believed in the Lord Yesus because of God’s white insides [grace]. love to the point that they believed in the Lord Yesus.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Then Apollos planned to go to the place Akaya. He was helped by the ones trusting in Isa in Epesus, and they sent a letter to the ones trusting in Isa in the place Akaya asking them to attend-to/take-care-of Apollos. When Apollos arrived there, he greatly helped the people who trusted. They trusted because of God’s love to them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Then Apollos decided that he would go to Achaia. The belivers there in Ephesus helped him because they wrote to the believers in Achaia and they begged them to receive him. And when Apollos arrived in Achaia, all of those who believed in Jesus through the grace of our Lord, his teaching to them was a great help.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When Apollos then wanted to go to the province Akaya, the believers in Efeso gave-him -their-approval, and they wrote to the believers in Akaya so that they would receive him. When he arrived there, much was his help to them who believed by-means-of God’s grace/mercy.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Well, when Apolos wanted to move on to Acaya, the believers in Efeso encouraged him. They wrote to the believers there where he intended to go, so that they would welcome him when he arrived there. Therefore Apolos then set out. When he was now there in Corinto in the district of Acaya, his help to those who had already believed was far-from-ordinary, through the grace of God.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)