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Bible in Basic English
And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
Holman Bible
There was a great deal of weeping by everyone. They embraced Paul and kissed him,
International Standard Version
All of them cried and cried as they put their arms around Paul and kissed him affectionately.
A Conservative Version
And there developed considerable weeping of all. And having fallen on Paul's neck, they kissed him much,
American Standard Version
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,
Amplified
And
An Understandable Version
And when they all had a good cry, they embraced Paul and kissed him.
Anderson New Testament
And they all wept much, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
Common New Testament
And they all wept and embraced Paul and kissed him,
Daniel Mace New Testament
then melted into tears, they fell upon his neck and kissed him,
Darby Translation
And they all wept sore; and falling upon the neck of Paul they ardently kissed him,
Godbey New Testament
And the weeping of all was great, and falling on the neck of Paul, they continued to kiss him copiously,
Goodspeed New Testament
They all wept aloud, and throwing their arms about Paul's neck they kissed him affectionately,
John Wesley New Testament
And they all wept sore, and falling on Paul's neck kissed him,
Julia Smith Translation
And much weeping was from all; and having fallen upon Paul's neck, they kissed him,
King James 2000
And they all wept much, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
Lexham Expanded Bible
And there was considerable weeping by all, and {hugging} Paul, they kissed him,
Modern King James verseion
And there was much weeping of all, and falling on the neck of Paul, they ardently kissed him,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they wept all abundantly, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him:
Moffatt New Testament
They all broke into loud lamentation and falling upon the neck of Paul kissed him fondly,
Montgomery New Testament
And they all began, with loud lamentations, to throw their arms about his neck, and to kiss him lovingly, again and again,
NET Bible
They all began to weep loudly, and hugged Paul and kissed him,
New Heart English Bible
They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,
Noyes New Testament
And they all wept sorely, and fell on Pauls neck, and kissed him;
Sawyer New Testament
And they all wept much, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,
The Emphasized Bible
And they all wept much, and, falling upon Paul's neck, they were tenderly kissing him;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And all of them shed floods of tears, and fell upon Paul's neck, and kissed him again and again,
Twentieth Century New Testament
All were in tears; and throwing their arms round Paul's neck, they kissed him again and again,
Webster
And they all wept bitterly, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
Weymouth New Testament
and with loud lamentation they all threw their arms round his neck, and kissed him lovingly,
Williams New Testament
There was loud weeping by them all, as they threw their arms around Paul's neck and kept on kissing him with affection,
World English Bible
They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,
Worrell New Testament
And great weeping arose from all; and, falling upon Paul's neck, they kept kissing him;
Worsley New Testament
And they were all much grieved, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him: sorrowing most of all at the word which he spake,
Youngs Literal Translation
and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,
Themes
Christian ministers » Say good-bye to the congregation
Communion of saints » Exemplified » Paul
Ephesus » Paul visits and preaches in
Miletus » And sends to ephesus for the elders of the congregation, and addresses them at
Missionary journeys » Ac 13-14 » Third - with timothy and others
Paul's » First - with barnabas and john mark ac 13-14 » Third - with timothy and others
Prudence » Instances of » Paul » Lack of
Travelers » Friends of » Frequently took leave of them with sorrow
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 20:37
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul's Farewell To The Ephesian Elders
36 And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all. 37 And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him, 38 Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.
Cross References
Luke 15:20
And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.
2 Timothy 1:4
Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;
Genesis 45:14
Then, weeping, he took Benjamin in his arms, and Benjamin himself was weeping on Joseph's neck.
Genesis 46:29
And Joseph got his carriage ready and went to Goshen for the meeting with his father; and when he came before him, he put his arms round his neck, weeping.
1 Samuel 20:41
And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.
2 Samuel 15:30
And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping.
2 Kings 20:3
O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.
Ezra 10:1
Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.
Job 2:12
And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
Romans 16:16
Give one another a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send their love to you.
1 Corinthians 16:20
All the brothers send their love to you. Give one another a holy kiss.
2 Corinthians 13:12
Give one another a holy kiss.
1 Thessalonians 5:26
Give all the brothers a holy kiss.
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.
Revelation 21:4
And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.