{They sailed away to Antioch} (apepleusan eis
Antiocheian). Effective aorist active indicative of apople(935c),
to sail off. They had been gone some eighteen months. {They had
been committed} ((8873)an paradedomenoi). Periphrastic past perfect
passive of paradid(936d)i, old and common verb. High and serious
thoughts filled the hearts of these first returned missionaries
as they neared home. The grace of God had been with them. They
had fulfilled (epl(8872)(9373)an) the work to which they had been set
apart by the Holy Spirit with the prayers of the Antioch church.
They now had a wondrous story to tell.