Parallel Verses
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,
Bible in Basic English
And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing 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 when he had thus spoken, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
37 And
Cross References
Luke 15:20
And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
2 Timothy 1:4
greatly desiring to see thee (being mindful of thy tears), that I may be filled with joy,
Genesis 45:14
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
Genesis 46:29
And Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and manifested himself unto him; and he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.
1 Samuel 20:41
And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the Negev and fell on his face to the ground and bowed himself three times, and they kissed one another and wept one with another, although David exceeded.
2 Samuel 15:30
And David went up by the ascent of Mount Olivet and wept as he went up and had his head covered, and he went barefoot. And all the people that were with him covered each one his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
2 Kings 20:3
I beseech thee, O LORD, remember how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept with great weeping.
Ezra 10:1
Now as Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; and the people wept very sore.
Job 2:12
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept; and each one rent his mantle and sprinkled dust upon his head toward heaven.
Psalm 126:5
Those that sow with tears shall reap with joy.
Romans 16:16
Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the congregations of Christ salute you.
1 Corinthians 16:20
All the brothers greet you. Greet ye one another with a holy kiss.
2 Corinthians 13:12
Greet one another with a holy kiss.
1 Thessalonians 5:26
Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall govern them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Revelation 21:4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and death shall be no more neither shall there be any more sorrow nor crying nor pain; for the former things are passed away.