20And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;


In Context

17 And they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.

18 And Paul, having tarried after this yet many days, took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila: having shorn his head in Cenchreae; for he had a vow.

19 And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

20 And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;

21 but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and saluted the church, and went down to Antioch.

Acts 18:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:20When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:20When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:20And when they desired him, that he would tarry a longer time, he consented not;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:20And when they asked him that he would remain for a longer time with them he did not accede,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:20And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:20When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:20When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:20and they having requested him to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:20When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;