Acts 18:20

Desired him. The verb here translated “desired” is most frequently rendered “asked.” Their desire was a hopeful sign and promised good fruitage afterward. Nowhere, unless at Beroea, did Paul find a more receptive attitude toward the truth he was presenting. He looked upon the Corinthians as children needing to be fed with milk (1 Cor. 3:2), but later he found himself able to declare to the Ephesians “all the counsel of God” (Acts 20:27), for they were capable of sharing in his knowledge of the mystery of the gospel (Eph. 3:4). With them. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 10) the omission of these words. Consented not. Literally, “did not nod,” that is, did not acquiesce.