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


In Context

17 And having all laid hold on Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue, they beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio troubled himself about none of these things.

18 And Paul, having yet stayed there many days, took leave of the brethren and sailed thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow;

19 and he arrived at Ephesus, and left them there. But entering himself into the synagogue he reasoned with the Jews.

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

21 but bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep the coming feast at Jerusalem; I will return to you again, if God will: and he sailed away from Ephesus.

22 And landing at Caesarea, and having gone up and saluted the assembly, he 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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;