Acts 20:36

He kneeled down - The usual attitude of prayer. It is the proper posture of a suppliant. It indicates reverence and humility; and is represented in the Scriptures as the usual attitude of devotion, 2 Chronicles 6:13; Daniel 6:10; Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60; Acts 9:40; Acts 21:5; Romans 11:4; Philippians 2:10; Ephesians 3:14; Mark 1:40.

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

kneeled down . See note on Acts 7:60 . prayed . Greek. proseuchomai. App-134.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 36. And kneeling down. The inward affection is indeed the chiefest thing in prayer; yet the external signs, as kneeling, uncovering of the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. He kneeled down and prayed - Kneeling is the proper posture of a supplicant,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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 le...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He kneeled down, and prayed with them all. — The historian who has recorded what we may call the “charge” of St. Paul, shrinks, with a natural reve...
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 ov...
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 th...
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 f...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when he had thus spoken ,.... And finished his speech to the elders: he kneeled down: upon the floor, which was a prayer gesture, used by Christ...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. Ver. 36. And prayed with them all ] O verum valedicendi morem Christiani...
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...
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, Thessalon...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul Takes Leave of the Elders of Ephesus. 36 And when he had thus spoken, he kne...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He kneeled down; a posture of great humility, becoming prayer, and frequently used on such occasions, especially in a time of great trouble and dis...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Address To The Elders of the Ephesian Church (20:17-38).
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all.' Once he had finished speaking Paul then kneeled down and prayed with them a...
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...
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 ....
The Biblical Illustrator

I have coveted no man’s silver. Honest labour “Two men,” says Carlyle,” I honour, and no third. First, the toil-worn craftsman, that with earth...
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 e...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The elders bid their teacher Godspeed:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 6:13 ; Acts 21:5 ; Acts 7:60 ; Daniel 6:10 ; Ephesians 3:14 ; Luke 22:41 ; Philippians 4:6

³⁶ And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.

Related Commentaries of Acts 20:36

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20:36