Acts 20:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Acts 20:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sorrowing most of all ... - This was a most tender and affectionate parting scene. It can be more easily imagined than described. We may learn from it: (1) That the parting of ministers and peo...
Acts 20:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Sorrowing . Greek. odunomai. Only here, Luke 2:48 ; Luke 16:24 ; Luke 16:25 . for . upon. Greek. epi. App-104. the words . the word. Greek. logos. App-121. should . were about to. s...
Acts 20:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. That they should see his face no more - This was a most solemn meeti...
Acts 20:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they s...
Acts 20:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Third Missionary Journey (continued) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after Pentecost, 55 a.d. ( 1 Co...
Acts 20:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Commended to God Acts 20:28-38 Notice the change of the Revised Version in Acts 20:28 . The elder, whether presbyter or bishop, is not put over the flock; he is in it like the rest, needin...
Acts 20:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alwa...
Acts 20:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. (18) And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner...
Acts 20:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake ,.... In Acts 20:25 it filled them with sorrow to part with him; but this was increased, and made almost intolerable by what he said, that the...
Acts 20:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 38. Sorrowing most ] They are out, then, qui ferream et im...
Acts 20:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When he had thus spoken, he kneeled down The posture generally used by the apostles and first Christians in prayer, as it had been also by our Lord himself, and by holy men of old; see the margin....
Acts 20:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them mu...
Acts 20:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Acts 20:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The loss of a faithful and painful minister is a public loss, and many are concerned in it; besides, they had found great benefit by his ministry, and could not but be sensible of their missing of it...
Acts 20:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Address To The Elders of the Ephesian Church (20:17-38).
Acts 20:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 20:17 . Miletus .—Thirty-six miles south of Ephesus, and on the south-west of the Latmian Gulf. “Now a desolation: then an emporium of trade with four ports or docks crowde...
Acts 20:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:4 . There accompanied him Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater. Romans 16:21 . Aristarchus, who accompanied him to Rome, and...
Acts 20:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

And they all wept sore … sorrowing most of all … that they should see his face no more. Paul’s farewell I. The tears of the noble servants of God. 1. A painful tax of human weakness, which e...
Acts 20:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 20:1 Having sent for … and exhorted for called unto him, A.V. and T.R.; took leave of them, and departed for and embraced them, and departed, A.V. Departed for to...
Acts 20:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The elders bid their teacher Godspeed:
Acts 20:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 16:11 ; Acts 15:3 ; Acts 21:16 ; Acts 21:5 ; Acts 20:25
Acts 20:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sorrowing most for that word which he spake, that they should see his face no more — What sorrow will be in the great day, when God shall speak that word to all who are found on the left hand, that...

Acts 20:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 20:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 20:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 20:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 20:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 20:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 20:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 20:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 20:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 20:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 20:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 20:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 20:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 20:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 20:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 20:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 20:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes