Acts 20:36

36 Having spoken thus, Paul knelt down 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 De Corona Militis, c. 3.

Acts 20:36 In-Context

34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have provided for my own necessities and for the people with me.

35 In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "`It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

36 Having spoken thus, Paul knelt down and prayed with them all;

37 and with loud lamentation they all threw their arms round his neck, and kissed him lovingly,

38 grieved above all things at his having told them that after that day they were no longer to see his face. And they went with him to the ship.