Acts Chapter 20 verse 37 Holy Bible
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,
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And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,
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And they all wept sore; and falling upon the neck of Paul they ardently kissed him,
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And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
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They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,
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and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(37) Fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him.--We note, as before in Acts 20:19, the absence of any suppression of emotion. As David and Jonathan parted of old (1Samuel 20:41), so did St. Paul and his fellow-workers part now. In 2Timothy 1:4 we have a passing reference to another parting scene of perhaps even tenderer emotion. To think that they should see his face no more, that this was their last farewell, made the elders of Ephesus and the other disciples eager, up to the very hour of embarkation, for the last embrace.Parallel Commentaries ...GreekThey allπάντων (pantōn)Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralStrong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.weptκλαυθμὸς (klauthmos)Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 2805: Weeping, lamentation, crying. From klaio; lamentation.openlyἱκανὸς (hikanos)Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularStrong's 2425: From hiko; competent, i.e. Ample or fit.[as]καὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. they embracedἐπιπεσόντες (epipesontes)Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 1968: To fall upon, press upon, light upon, come over. From epi and pipto; to embrace or seize.PaulΠαύλου (Paulou)Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's 3972: Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle.[and] kissedκατεφίλουν (katephiloun)Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralStrong's 2705: To kiss affectionately. From kata and phileo; to kiss earnestly.him.αὐτόν (auton)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularStrong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.Jump to PreviousAloud Ardently Arms Bitterly Embraced Fallen Falling Fell Great Kissed Kissing Lot Lovingly Neck Paul Paul's Repeatedly Round Sore Threw Weep Weeping Wept