Acts 20:38
but most agonized (were they) by that word which he had spoken, that again they were not to see his face. And they accompanied him to the ship.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
37And there was a great weeping with all of them, and they embraced him and kissed him;
Cross References
Acts 15:3And conducting, the church dismissed them; and they went through all Punika, and also among the Shomroyee, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
Acts 21:5And after those days we departed to go on the way. And they accompanied us, all of them, they and their wives and their children, till without the city, and kneeled upon their knees on the sea shore, and prayed. And we kissed one another,
1 Corinthians 16:11Wherefore let no man despise him, but conduct him in peace, that he may come to me; for I wait for him with the brethren.
Matthew Henry on Acts 20:37-38
Paul Takes Leave of the Elders of Ephesus. 36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. 37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, 38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. After the parting sermon that Paul preached to the elders of Ephesus, which was very affecting, we have here the parting prayer and tears, which were yet more affecting; we can scarcely read the… Read the whole commentary →