the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Acts 20:37
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They cried and cried. They were especially sad because Paul had said they would never see him again. They hugged him and kissed him. Then they went with him to the ship to say goodbye.
And they wept all aboundantly and fell on Pauls necke and kissed him
They all wept a lot, and fell on Sha'ul's neck and kissed him,
All of them cried and criedGreat crying came to all">[fn] as they put their arms around Paul and kissed[fn] him with affection.Genesis 45:14; 46:29;">[xr]
And they all began to weep aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him,
And they all cried because Paul had said they would never see him again. They put their arms around him and kissed him. Then they went with him to the ship.
And they all wept intensely, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,
And they all wept bitterly, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
And there was much weeping on the part of all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,
They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,
And they all wept sore, and falling on Paul's neck kissed him,
and with loud lamentation they all threw their arms round his neck, and kissed him lovingly,
And greet weping of alle men was maad; and thei felden on the necke of Poul, and kissiden hym,
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
Everyone cried and hugged and kissed him.
And they began to weep openly and threw their arms around Paul's neck, and repeatedly kissed him,
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,
And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,
They were all in tears as they threw their arms around his neck and kissed him farewell.
And they all wept sore; and falling upon the neck of Paul they ardently kissed him,
And there was a great weeping with all of them, and they embraced him and kissed him;
And there was great weeping among them all. And they embraced him, and kissed him.
And they all wept sore, and fell on Pauls necke, and kissed him,
They all cried as they embraced and kissed him good-bye.
They cried and put their arms around Paul and kissed him.
There was much weeping among them all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,
Then they wept all abundantly, and fell on Pauls necke, and kissed him,
And they all wept bitterly, and they embraced him and kissed him;
And they all wept much, and, falling upon Paul's neck, they were tenderly kissing him;
And there was much weeping among them all. And falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him,
And they all wept and embraced Paul and kissed him,
And they all wepte sore, and fell on Paules necke, and kyssed hym,
They were all crying as they hugged him and kissed him good-bye.
There were many tears shed by everyone. They embraced Paul and kissed him,
And there was considerable weeping by all, and hugging Paul, they kissed him,
And there was much weeping of all, and falling on the neck of Paul, they ardently kissed him,
and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,
But there was moch wepynge amonge them all, and they fell aboute Pauls necke, and kyssed him,
then melted into tears, they fell upon his neck and kissed him,
They all began to weep loudly, and hugged Paul and kissed him,
Then they all wept freely, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,
Tears were shed, and when they were done praying, they all shook hands with Paul. But no one had the right words.
And they began to weep aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him,
And they began to weep aloud and falling on Paul's neck, they were kissing him,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wept: 1 Samuel 20:41, 2 Samuel 15:30, 2 Kings 20:3, Ezra 10:1, Job 2:12, Psalms 126:5, 2 Timothy 1:4, Revelation 7:17, Revelation 21:4
fell: Genesis 45:14, Genesis 46:29
kissed: Romans 16:16, 1 Corinthians 16:20, 2 Corinthians 13:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:26
Reciprocal: Genesis 29:13 - kissed Genesis 31:28 - kiss Genesis 33:4 - fell on Genesis 43:30 - wept there Genesis 45:2 - wept aloud Genesis 45:15 - Moreover Exodus 18:7 - kissed Ruth 1:9 - she kissed 2 Samuel 19:39 - kissed Barzillai 1 Kings 19:20 - I pray Luke 15:20 - and fell Acts 20:1 - embraced Acts 21:1 - we were Acts 21:13 - to weep
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they all wept sore,.... At the thoughts of parting with such a faithful and affectionate friend and servant of Christ; and no doubt but their affections were greatly moved by his prayers for them, as well as by his discourse to them. Christians are not Stoics, religion does not take away and destroy the natural affections, but regulates and governs them, and directs to a right use of them:
and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him; as Esau fell on Jacob's neck and kissed him, Genesis 33:4 and Joseph on his brother Benjamin's, and his father Jacob's, Genesis 45:14. And it was usual with the eastern nations, particularly the Persians l, for friends and relations to kiss at parting, as well as at meeting; see Ruth 1:9.
l Xenophon. Cyclopedia, l. 1. c. 20.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wept sore - Wept much. Greek: “There was a great weeping of all.”
And fell on Paul’s neck - Embraced him, as a token of tender affection. The same thing Joseph did when he met his aged father Jacob, Genesis 46:29.
And kissed him - This was the common token of affection. See the Matthew 26:48 note; Luke 15:20 note; Romans 16:16 note; 1 Corinthians 16:20 note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 20:37. Fell on Paul's neck — Leaned their heads against his shoulders, and kissed his neck. This was not an unusual custom in the east.
