Acts 20:37-38

20:37 They all began to weep loudly, ¹  and hugged ²  Paul and kissed him, ³  20:38 especially saddened ⁴  by what ⁵  he had said, that they were not going to see him ⁶  again. Then they accompanied ⁷  him to the ship.

Acts 20:1

Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece

20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging ⁸  them and saying farewell, ⁹  he left to go to Macedonia. ¹⁰ 

Acts 20:1

Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece

20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging ¹¹  them and saying farewell, ¹²  he left to go to Macedonia. ¹³ 

Acts 20:1

Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece

20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging ¹⁴  them and saying farewell, ¹⁵  he left to go to Macedonia. ¹⁶ 

Acts 20:1

Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece

20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging ¹⁷  them and saying farewell, ¹⁸  he left to go to Macedonia. ¹⁹ 

Acts 2:17

2:17 ‘And in the last days ²⁰  it will be,’ God says,

‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, ²¹ 

and your sons and your daughters will prophesy,

and your young men will see visions,

and your old men will dream dreams.

[20:37]  ¹ tn Grk “weeping a great deal,” thus “loudly” (BDAG 472 s.v. ἱκανός and BDAG 546 s.v. κλαυθμός).

[20:37]  ² tn Grk “fell on Paul’s neck” (an idiom, see BDAG 1014 s.v. τράχηλος).

[20:37]  ³ 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.

[20:38]  ⁴ tn Or “pained.”

[20:38]  ⁵ tn Grk “by the word that he had said.”

[20:38]  ⁶ tn Grk “to see his face” (an idiom for seeing someone in person).

[20:38]  ⁷ tn BDAG 873 s.v. προπέμπω 1 has “they accompanied him to the ship Ac 20:38.”

[20:1]  ⁸ tn Or “exhorting.”

[20:1]  ⁹ tn Or “and taking leave of them.”

[20:1]  ¹⁰ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[20:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “exhorting.”

[20:1]  ¹² tn Or “and taking leave of them.”

[20:1]  ¹³ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[20:1]  ¹⁴ tn Or “exhorting.”

[20:1]  ¹⁵ tn Or “and taking leave of them.”

[20:1]  ¹⁶ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[20:1]  ¹⁷ tn Or “exhorting.”

[20:1]  ¹⁸ tn Or “and taking leave of them.”

[20:1]  ¹⁹ sn Macedonia was the Roman province of Macedonia in Greece.

[2:17]  ²⁰ sn The phrase in the last days is not quoted from Joel, but represents Peter’s interpretive explanation of the current events as falling “in the last days.”

[2:17]  ²¹ tn Grk “on all flesh.”