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Acts 20:37-38
New English Translation
Acts 20:37-38
New English Translation
37 They all began to weep loudly,[a] and hugged[b] Paul and kissed him,[c] 38 especially saddened[d] by what[e] he had said, that they were not going to see him[f] again. Then they accompanied[g] him to the ship.
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- Acts 20:37 tn Grk “weeping a great deal,” thus “loudly” (BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός and BDAG 546 s.v. κλαυθμός).
- Acts 20:37 tn Grk “fell on Paul’s neck” (an idiom, see BDAG 1014 s.v. τράχηλος).
- Acts 20:37 sn The Ephesians elders kissed Paul as a sign of both affection and farewell. The entire scene shows how much interrelationship Paul had in his ministry and how much he and the Ephesians meant to each other.
- Acts 20:38 tn Or “pained.”
- Acts 20:38 tn Grk “by the word that he had said.”
- Acts 20:38 tn Grk “to see his face” (an idiom for seeing someone in person).
- Acts 20:38 tn BDAG 873 s.v. προπέμπω 1 has “they accompanied him to the ship Ac 20:38.”
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