ACTS 20:36 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.”
When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed — The kneeling posture (gonypetō, to kneel) signals humility and vulnerability; prayer unites leadership in spiritual solidarity. The collective prayer anticipates separation.
Church Fathers on Acts 20:36
And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all, Acts 20:36— he did not simply pray, but with much feeling: (κατανύξεως): great was the consolation — and by his saying, I commend you to the Lord. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke, that they should see his face no more. (v. 37, 38.) He had said, that grievous wolves should enter in; had said, I am pure from the blood of all…
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