Acts 20:36

36 When Paul finished, he knelt down with them and prayed.

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.


FOOTNOTES:

F11 De Corona Militis, c. 3.

Acts 20:36 In-Context

34 You yourselves know that I have worked with these hands of mine to provide everything that my companions and I have needed.
35 I have shown you in all things that by working hard in this way we must help the weak, remembering the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, "There is more happiness in giving than in receiving.' "
36 When Paul finished, he knelt down with them and prayed.
37 They were all crying as they hugged him and kissed him good-bye.
38 They were especially sad because he had said that they would never see him again. And so they went with him to the ship.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.