ACTS 20:37 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,”
They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him — The physical embrace and tears (dakrya) demonstrate relational depth transcending institutional hierarchy. Grief precedes anticipated separation by death.
Church Fathers on Acts 20:37
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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