Acts 20:38 — Community Reflections

ACTS 20:38 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.”

What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again — Then they accompanied him to the ship — The repeated farewell motif ('never see his face again') penetrates the consciousness profoundly. The accompaniment to ship marks the liminal moment between community and departure, presence and absence.

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Elena PetrovaNote1mo ago

The Tears of Knowing Goodbye

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