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He kneeled down (theis ta gonata autou). Second aorist active participle of tithēmi, to place. The very idiom used in Act 7:60 of Stephen. Not in ancient writers and only six times in the N.T. (Mar 15:19; Luk 22:41; Act 7:60; Act 9:40; Act 20:36; Act 21:5). Certainly kneeling in prayer is a fitting attitude (cf. Jesus, Luk 22:41), though not the only proper one (Mat 6:5). Paul apparently prayed aloud (prosēuxato).