Acts 18:20
Strong's Lexicon
[When]
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

they
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

asked [him]
ἐρωτώντων (erōtōntōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2065: Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.

to stay
μεῖναι (meinai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay.

for
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

a while longer
πλείονα (pleiona)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular - Comparative
Strong's Greek 4119: Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion.

χρόνον (chronon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5550: A space of time or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay.

he declined.
ἐπένευσεν (epeneusen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1962: To nod to, assent to, consent. From epi and neuo; to nod at, i.e. to assent.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.

Young's Literal Translation
and they having requested [him] to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And though they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined ,

New American Standard Bible
When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,

King James Bible
When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined.

New Living Translation
They asked him to stay longer, but he declined.

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,

King James Bible
When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And though they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined,

International Standard Version
They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.

NET Bible
When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,

American Standard Version
And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;

English Revised Version
And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;

Young's Literal Translation
and they having requested him to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,
















Cross References
Acts 18:19
And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

Acts 18:21
But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Acts 18:18
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then 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.

Acts 18:17
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.

Acts 18:22
And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

Acts 18:23
And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
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