20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;



Ver. 20. He consented not] Though lovingly invited, and otherwise easy to be entreated. There was therefore something in it more than ordinary. Èåù åðïõ , follow God whithersoever he leadeth thee, was a maxim among heathens. (Boeth. Consol.) Magnus est animus qui se Deo tradidit, saith Seneca (Epist. cvii.); that is a brave spirit that hath given up itself to God; and that is a base degenerate spirit which stands off; et Deum mavult emendare, quam se, and had rather find fault with God than with himself.