Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
Ver. 13. John departing from] Being weary of the work, he showed them a slippery trick. Many will do something for God that will suffer little or nothing for him. The king of Navarre told Beza he would launch no further into the sea than he would be sure to return safe to the haven. a Though he showed some countenance to religion, yet he would be sure to save himself.
a Pelago non ita commissurus esset, quin quando liberet, pedem referre posset.