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Good News Translation

Acts 21:6

Then we said good-bye to one another, and we went on board the ship while they went back home.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Luke;   Minister, Christian;   Paul;   Tyre;   Thompson Chain Reference - Farewells;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Travellers;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Luke;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Acts, book of;   Phoenicia;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Luke-Acts, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Syrian Christians;   Worship of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Tyre;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Luke;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Prayer;   Tyre;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boyhood of Jesus;   Greetings;   Home;   Intercession;   Paul;   Phoenicia ;   Ship ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Commerce;   Tyre;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
we said farewell to one another and boarded the ship, and they returned home.
King James Version (1611)
And when we had taken our leaue one of another, we tooke ship, and they returned home againe.
King James Version
And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
English Standard Version
and said farewell to one another. Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home.
New American Standard Bible
Then we boarded the ship, and they returned home.
New Century Version
we said good-bye and got on the ship, and the followers went back home.
Amplified Bible
Then we boarded the ship, and they returned to their homes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home again.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home again.
Berean Standard Bible
After we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
Contemporary English Version
Then after saying good-by to each other, we got into the ship, and they went back home.
Complete Jewish Bible
we said good-bye to each other. Then we boarded the ship, and they returned home.
Darby Translation
And having embraced one another, we went on board ship, and they returned home.
Easy-to-Read Version
and said goodbye. Then we got on the ship, and the followers went home.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then when we had embraced one another, we tooke ship, and they returned home.
George Lamsa Translation
And when we had kissed one another good-bye, we took ship; and they returned to their homes.
Lexham English Bible
we said farewell to one another and embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own homes.
Literal Translation
And giving parting greetings to one another, we went up into the ship, and those went back to their own.
American Standard Version
and we went on board the ship, but they returned home again.
Bible in Basic English
We said our last words to one another, and got into the ship, and they went back to their houses.
Hebrew Names Version
After saying goodbye to each other, we went on board the ship, and they returned home again.
International Standard Version
and said goodbye to each other. Then we went aboard the ship, and they went back home.John 1:11;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
and we ascended to the ship, and they returned to their homes.
Murdock Translation
And we kissed one another: and we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their homes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And whe we had taken our leaue one of another, we toke shippe, and they returned home agayne.
English Revised Version
and bade each other farewell; and we went on board the ship, but they returned home again.
World English Bible
After saying goodbye to each other, we went on board the ship, and they returned home again.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And having embraced each other we took ship, and they returned home.
Weymouth's New Testament
we took leave of one another; and we went on board, while they returned home.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne we hadden maad fare wel togidre, we wenten vp into the schip; and thei turneden ayen in to her owne places.
Update Bible Version
and we went onboard the ship, but they returned home again.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
New English Translation
we said farewell to one another. Then we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes.
New King James Version
When we had taken our leave of one another, we boarded the ship, and they returned home.
New Living Translation
and said our farewells. Then we went aboard, and they returned home.
New Life Bible
After we said good-bye, we got on the ship and they went back to their houses.
New Revised Standard
and said farewell to one another. Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
we tare ourselves from each other, and we went on board the ship, while, they, returned unto their homes.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when we had bid one another farewell, we took ship. And they returned home.
Revised Standard Version
Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when we had taken oure leave one of another we toke shyppe and they returned home agayne.
Young's Literal Translation
and having embraced one another, we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own friends.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan we had taken oure leue one off another, we toke shippe, but they turned agayne vnto theirs.
Mace New Testament (1729)
then having taken our leave of one another, we embark'd and they went home.
Simplified Cowboy Version
We told them, "Adios," and then got on another ship.

Contextual Overview

1 We said good-bye to them and left. After sailing straight across, we came to Cos; the next day we reached Rhodes, and from there we went on to Patara. 2 There we found a ship that was going to Phoenicia, so we went aboard and sailed away. 3 We came to where we could see Cyprus, and then sailed south of it on to Syria. We went ashore at Tyre, where the ship was going to unload its cargo. 4 There we found some believers and stayed with them a week. By the power of the Spirit they told Paul not to go to Jerusalem. 5 But when our time with them was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, together with their wives and children, went with us out of the city to the beach, where we all knelt and prayed. 6 Then we said good-bye to one another, and we went on board the ship while they went back home. 7 We continued our voyage, sailing from Tyre to Ptolemais, where we greeted the believers and stayed with them for a day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

taken: 2 Corinthians 2:13

they: John 1:11,*Gr: John 7:53, John 16:32, John 19:27

Reciprocal: Acts 20:1 - embraced

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
Abraham bowed down with his face touching the ground, but he began to laugh when he thought, "Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah have a child at ninety?"
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Don't be worried about the boy and your slave Hagar. Do whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I have promised.
Genesis 21:15
When the water was all gone, she left the child under a bush
Genesis 21:21
His mother got an Egyptian wife for him.
Genesis 21:22
At that time Abimelech went with Phicol, the commander of his army, and said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.
Genesis 21:27
Then Abraham gave some sheep and cattle to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement.
Genesis 21:28
Abraham separated seven lambs from his flock,
Psalms 113:9
He honors the childless wife in her home; he makes her happy by giving her children. Praise the Lord !
Psalms 126:2
How we laughed, how we sang for joy! Then the other nations said about us, "The Lord did great things for them."
Isaiah 49:15
So the Lord answers, "Can a woman forget her own baby and not love the child she bore? Even if a mother should forget her child, I will never forget you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when we had taken our leave one of another,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, "having prayed, we saluted one another"; with a kiss, as in Acts 20:37 and so parted:

we took ship; or went aboard the ship,

and they returned home again; to their own houses, as the Syriac version renders it; for by "their own", as it is in the Greek text, cannot be meant their families, their wives, and children, for these were along with them, but their habitations; see John 16:32.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 21:6. Taken - leave — ασπασαμενοι; Having given each other the kiss of peace, as was the constant custom of the Jews and primitive Christians.

They returned home — That is, the men, their wives, and their children.


 
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