Acts 18:20
“When they desired him to tary longer time with them, hee consented not:”
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Acts 18:20 Context
18¶ And Paul after this taried there yet a good while, and then tooke his leaue of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila: hauing shorne his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. 19And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himselfe entred into the Synagogue, and reasoned with the Iewes. 20When they desired him to tary longer time with them, hee consented not: 21But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all meanes keepe this feast that commeth, in Hierusalem; but I will returne againe vnto you, if God will: and he sailed from Ephesus. 22And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone vp, and saluted the Church, he went downe to Antioch.
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When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;
- King James Version
When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;
- American Standard Version (1901)
And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;
- Basic English Bible
And when they asked him that he would remain for a longer time [with them] he did not accede,
- Darby Bible
When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not:
- Webster's Bible
When they asked him to remain longer he did not consent,
- Weymouth Bible
When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;
- World English Bible
And whanne thei preieden, that he schulde dwelle more time,
- Wycliffe Bible
and they having requested [him] to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,
- Youngs Literal Bible