Acts 21:6

6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we embarked on the ship, and they returned home again.

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 And finding the disciples, we tarried there seven days, who said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, until we were out of the city; and we knelt down on the shore and prayed.

6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we embarked on the ship, and they returned home again.

7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais and saluted the brethren and abode with them one day.

8 And the next day Paul and those of us that were with him departed and came unto Caesarea; and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and abode with him.