Acts 21:6

6 And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard 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 in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

5 But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

6 And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

7 When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.

8 Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.