Acts 21:6

6 After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

Acts 21:6 in Other Translations

6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.

6 and said farewell to one another. Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home.

6 and said our farewells. Then we went aboard, and they returned home.

6 Then, after another round of saying good-bye, we climbed on board the ship while they drifted back to their homes.

6 we said good-bye to one another. Then we boarded the ship, and they returned home.

Acts 21:6 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 21:6

And when we had taken our leave one of another
The Alexandrian copy reads, "having prayed, we saluted one another"; with a kiss, as in ( Acts 20:37 ) and so parted:

we took ship;
or went aboard the ship,

and they returned home again;
to their own houses, as the Syriac version renders it; for by "their own", as it is in the Greek text, cannot be meant their families, their wives, and children, for these were along with them, but their habitations; see ( John 16:32 ) ( 19:27 ) .

Acts 21:6 In-Context

4 We sought out the disciples there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.

5 When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.

6 After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

7 We continued our voyage from Tyre and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day.

8 Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven.