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Acts 18:20

They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ephesus;   Paul;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Asia;   Corinthians, letters to the;   Ephesus;   Mission;   Paul;   Syria;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Episcopacy;   Ordination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ephesians, Epistle to;   Paul;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aquila and Priscilla;   Ephesians, the Epistle to the;   Ephesus;   Peter;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Ephesians, Book of;   Ephesus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Power of the Keys;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Aquila and Priscilla ;   Roads and Travel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Aquila ;   Ephesians, Epistle to the;   Ephesus ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ephesus;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ephesus;   Pastoral Epistles, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined,
King James Version (1611)
When they desired him to tary longer time with them, hee consented not:
King James Version
When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;
English Standard Version
When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined.
New American Standard Bible
When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,
New Century Version
When they asked him to stay with them longer, he refused.
Amplified Bible
When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he refused;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,
Legacy Standard Bible
When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,
Berean Standard Bible
When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.
Contemporary English Version
They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.
Complete Jewish Bible
When they asked him to stay with them longer, he declined;
Darby Translation
And when they asked him that he would remain for a longer time [with them] he did not accede,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Who desired him to tarie a longer time with them: but he would not consent,
George Lamsa Translation
When they wanted him to tarry a longer time with them, he consented not;
Good News Translation
The people asked him to stay longer, but he would not consent.
Lexham English Bible
And when they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not give his consent,
Literal Translation
And they asking him to remain over a longer time with them, he did not agree,
American Standard Version
And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;
Bible in Basic English
And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;
Hebrew Names Version
When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;
International Standard Version
They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.
Etheridge Translation
and they requested of him to tarry with them; and he was not willing;
Murdock Translation
And they requested him to tarry with them: but he could not be persuaded.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When they desired him to tary longer tyme with them, he consented not:
English Revised Version
And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;
World English Bible
When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But though they intreated him to tarry longer with them, he consented not:
Weymouth's New Testament
When they asked him to remain longer he did not consent,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei preieden, that he schulde dwelle more time,
Update Bible Version
And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he did not consent;
Webster's Bible Translation
When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them, he consented not:
New English Translation
When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,
New King James Version
When they asked him to stay a longer time with them, he did not consent,
New Living Translation
They asked him to stay longer, but he declined.
New Life Bible
They wanted him to stay longer but he would not.
New Revised Standard
When they asked him to stay longer, he declined;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when they requested him for a longer time to abide, he consented not;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they desired him that he would tarry a longer time, he consented not:
Revised Standard Version
When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When they desyred him to tary longer tyme with the he consented not
Young's Literal Translation
and they having requested [him] to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they desyred him, that he wolde tary with them a longer season. And he cosented not,
Mace New Testament (1729)
who desired him to stay longer with them, but he would not consent to it: for,
Simplified Cowboy Version
They asked him to stick around a while, but he told them he couldn't.

Contextual Overview

18 Paul stayed with the believers for many days. Then he left and sailed for Syria. Priscilla and Aquila were also with him. At Cenchrea Paul cut off his hair, because he had made a promise to God. 19 Then they went to the city of Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. While Paul was in Ephesus, he went into the synagogue and talked with the Jews. 20 They asked him to stay longer, but he refused. 21 He left them and said, "I will come back to you again if God wants me to." And so he sailed away from Ephesus. 22 When Paul arrived at Caesarea, he went to Jerusalem and visited the church there. After that he went to Antioch. 23 Paul stayed in Antioch for a while. Then he left there and went through the countries of Galatia and Phrygia. He traveled from town to town in these countries, helping all the followers of Jesus grow stronger in their faith.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he: Acts 20:16, Acts 21:13, Acts 21:14, Mark 1:37, Mark 1:38, 1 Corinthians 16:12

Reciprocal: Acts 24:22 - When

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? You killed your brother and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. Now his blood is shouting to me from the ground. So you will be cursed from this ground.
Genesis 13:13
The Lord knew that the people of Sodom were very evil sinners.
Genesis 19:13
We are going to destroy this city. The Lord heard how evil this city is, so he sent us to destroy it."
Isaiah 3:9
The look on their faces shows that they are guilty. They are like the people of Sodom; they don't care who sees their sin. But it will be very bad for them. They will get what they deserve.
Isaiah 5:7
The vineyard that belongs to the Lord All-Powerful is the house of Israel. The grapevine, the plant he loves, is the man of Judah. The Lord hoped for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for fairness, but there were only cries from people being treated badly.
Jeremiah 14:7
"We know that this is our fault. We are now suffering because of our sins. Lord , do something to help us for the good of your name. We admit that we have left you many times. We have sinned against you.
James 5:4
People worked in your fields, but you did not pay them. They are crying out against you. They harvested your crops. Now the Lord All-Powerful has heard their cries.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When they desired him to tarry longer time with them,.... Either Aquila and Priscilla, whom he left here, for here they were, as is certain from Ac 18:24,26 or rather the Jews with whom he reasoned, who might be desirous of further conference with him, upon the subject they had disputed about; either in order to gain more knowledge, or in hopes of baffling and confounding him:

he consented not; for a reason afterwards given.


 
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