Acts 20:36

36 And [when he] had said these [things], he fell to his knees [and] prayed with them all.

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 these hands served [to meet] my needs and [the needs of] those who were with me.
35 I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
36 And [when he] had said these [things], he fell to his knees [and] prayed with them all.
37 And there was considerable weeping by all, and {hugging} Paul, they kissed him,
38 especially distressed at the statement that he had said, that they were going to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had said") which is understood as temporal
  • [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("fell to") has been translated as a finite verb
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