Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
Ver. 34. To abide there still] Upon second thoughts, after he had leave to depart, he stayed there a while longer. This Silas is thought to be the same with Sylvanus, as Joshua is the same with Jehoshua, Haggai 2:2; Zechariah 3:1 .
Notwithstanding it pleased Silas] sc. Upon better deliberation and more probability of being there serviceable to God and useful to his Church. Martinus decumbens Domine, dixit, si adhuc populo tuo sum necessarius, non recuso laborem. (Sever. Epist. 3.) Choice spirits are all for God; they still study his ends more than their own.