New Revised Standard Version
When they asked him to stay longer, he declined;

Contemporary English Version
They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they desired him that he would tarry a longer time, he consented not:

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

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Acts 20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, lest he should be stayed any time in Asia. For he hasted. if it were possible for him, to keep the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem.

Acts 21:13,14 Then Paul answered and said: What do you mean, weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. . . .

Mark 1:37,38 And when they had found him, they said to him: All seek for thee. . . .

1 Corinthians 16:12 And touching our brother Apollo, I give you to understand that I much entreated him to come unto you with the brethren: and indeed it was not his will at all to come at this time. But he will come when he shall have leisure.