ACTS 20:38 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.
Church Fathers on Acts 20:38
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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