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;

And when they desired him, that he would tarry a longer time, he consented not;

And when they asked him that he would remain for a longer time with them he did not accede,

and they having requested him to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,

When they asked him to remain longer he did not consent,

And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

Then, although they were asking him to remain for a longer time, he would not agree.

When they asked him to prolong his stay, he declined, saying however,

(7) When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;
(7) The apostles were carried about not by the will of man, but by the leading of the Holy Spirit.

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.

when they desired him to tarry--The Jews seldom rose against the Gospel till the successful preaching of it stirred them up, and there was no time for that here.