Acts 20:36

36 When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.

Acts 20:36 in Other Translations

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

36 And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

36 When he had finished speaking, he knelt and prayed with them.

36 Then Paul went down on his knees, all of them kneeling with him, and prayed.

36 After he said this, he knelt down and prayed with all of them.

Acts 20:36 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 20:36

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, and others; for, it seems, the disuse of kneeling in prayer, between the passover and pentecost, which Tertullian ^F11, and other writers, speak of, had not yet obtained, which was in memory of Christ's resurrection from the dead, for this was now the time: see ( Acts 20:6 Acts 20:16 ) and

prayed with them all:
and no doubt for them all; the Syriac version renders it, "and he prayed, and all the men with him"; the apostle, and the elders, joined together in prayer.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 De Corona Militis, c. 3.

Acts 20:36 In-Context

34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.

35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

36 When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.

37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.

38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 22:41; Acts 9:40; Acts 21:5