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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Act_20:36-38
36When he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all. 37And they began to weep aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him, 38grieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were accompanying him to the ship.
Act_20:36 "knelt down" This was not the usual posture of prayer from Paul's Jewish background. This was possibly a special commitment ritual (cf. Act_20:32; Act_21:5).
Act_20:37 "embraced Paul" The NKJV is more literal, "fell on Paul's neck." Thank God for church leaders who come to help us!
Act_20:38 "grieving especially over the word which he had spoken" This refers to Act_20:25.
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