Acts 20:37

They all began to weep loudly, ¹  and hugged ²  Paul and kissed him, ³ 

biblegateway Act 20:37

They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.

biblegateway Act 20:37

And they began to weep aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him,

biblegateway Act 20:37

They wept aloud as they embraced him in farewell,

biblegateway Act 20:37

And then a river of tears. Much clinging to Paul, not wanting to let him go.

SABDAweb Act 20:37

And they were all weeping, falling on Paul’s neck and kissing him,

bibleoremus Act 20:37

There was much weeping among them all; they embraced Paul and kissed him,

biblegateway Act 20:37

Then they all wept freely, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,

biblegateway Act 20:37

They all began to weep loudly, ¹  and hugged ²  Paul and kissed him, ³ 

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

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

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.