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.

[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.”