Acts 20:36

36 When Paul had said this, he got down on his knees with all of 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 used my own hands to meet my needs. I have also met the needs of my companions.
35 In everything I did, I showed you that we must work hard and help the weak. We must remember the words of the Lord Jesus. He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
36 When Paul had said this, he got down on his knees with all of them and prayed.
37 They all cried as they hugged and kissed him.
38 What hurt them the most was that he had said they would never see his face again. Then they went with him to the ship.
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