Acts 20:37

1 Corinthians 16:20; 1 Samuel 20:41; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; 2 Corinthians 13:12; 2 Kings 20:3; 2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Timothy 1:4; Ezra 10:1; Genesis 45:14; Genesis 46:29; Job 2:12; Psalms 126:5; Revelation 21:4; Revelation 7:17; Romans 16:16

Related Commentaries of Acts 20:37

Albert 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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(12) And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, (12) The Gospel does not take away natural affections, but rules and bridles t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

they all, &c . Literally there was. great weeping of all. fell . having fallen. and kissed . Greek. kataphileo. Only here, Matthew 26:49...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 37. Great weeping. No marvel if all the godly did entirely love this holy man. for it had been a point of too gross unthankfulness to desp...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, Fell on Paul's neck - Leaned their heads against his shoulders, and kissed his neck....
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

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...
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 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 a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, Ver. 37. And they all wept sore ] Expletur lachrymis egeriturque dolor. It was...
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

As they used to do their friends when they took their leave of them: see Genesis 45:14,15 .
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 they all wept grievously, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the word which he had spoken, that they would behold...
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

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 G...
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

The elders bid their teacher Godspeed:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They all wept — Of old, men, yea, the best and bravest of men, were easily melted into tears; a thousand instances of which might be produced from...

³⁷ And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,

Related Commentaries of Acts 20:37

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 20:37