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


In Context

17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

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

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

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

21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return to you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

22 And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone up and saluted the church, 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 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 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;