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Resullerin 20:37
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wept: 1 Samuel 20:41, 2 Samuel 15:30, 2 Kings 20:3, Ezra 10:1, Job 2:12, Psalms 126:5, 2 Timothy 1:4, Revelation 7:17, Revelation 21:4
fell: Genesis 45:14, Genesis 46:29
kissed: Romans 16:16, 1 Corinthians 16:20, 2 Corinthians 13:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:26
Reciprocal: Genesis 29:13 - kissed Genesis 31:28 - kiss Genesis 33:4 - fell on Genesis 43:30 - wept there Genesis 45:2 - wept aloud Genesis 45:15 - Moreover Exodus 18:7 - kissed Ruth 1:9 - she kissed 2 Samuel 19:39 - kissed Barzillai 1 Kings 19:20 - I pray Luke 15:20 - and fell Acts 20:1 - embraced Acts 21:1 - we were Acts 21:13 - to weep
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they all wept sore,.... At the thoughts of parting with such a faithful and affectionate friend and servant of Christ; and no doubt but their affections were greatly moved by his prayers for them, as well as by his discourse to them. Christians are not Stoics, religion does not take away and destroy the natural affections, but regulates and governs them, and directs to a right use of them:
and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him; as Esau fell on Jacob's neck and kissed him, Genesis 33:4 and Joseph on his brother Benjamin's, and his father Jacob's, Genesis 45:14. And it was usual with the eastern nations, particularly the Persians l, for friends and relations to kiss at parting, as well as at meeting; see Ruth 1:9.
l Xenophon. Cyclopedia, l. 1. c. 20.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wept sore - Wept much. Greek: “There was a great weeping of all.”
And fell on Paul’s neck - Embraced him, as a token of tender affection. The same thing Joseph did when he met his aged father Jacob, Genesis 46:29.
And kissed him - This was the common token of affection. See the Matthew 26:48 note; Luke 15:20 note; Romans 16:16 note; 1 Corinthians 16:20 note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 20:37. Fell on Paul's neck — Leaned their heads against his shoulders, and kissed his neck. This was not an unusual custom in the east.
