NET Bible
"When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,"
— Acts 18:20, NET Bible
“When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;”
“And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not; ”
“When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;”
“And when they desired him that he would tarry a longer time, he consented not:”
“And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;”
“When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;”
So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.
Paul Returns to Antioch in Syria Paul, after staying many more days in Corinth, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because he had made a vow.
When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila behind there, but he himself went into the synagogue and addressed the Jews.
When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,
but said farewell to them and added,“I will come back to you again if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus,
and when he arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem and then went down to Antioch.
After he spent some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.