When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
Parallel translations
- WEB When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
- KJV And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
- NKJV And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
- NASB When he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
- NLT When he had finished speaking, he knelt and prayed with them.
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Quick answer
Paul kneels and prays with all the elders. The farewell is sealed in shared prayer.
Overview
Having finished his charge, Paul leads the elders in humble, kneeling prayer, entrusting them once more to God. Prayer fittingly closes a ministry built on dependence upon the Lord. This posture of reverence models how believers commit one another and the future to God's faithful care.
Cross-references & the web
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- Acts 21:5But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
- Luke 22:41And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
- Acts 7:60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Phil 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Dan 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
- 2 Chr 6:13Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
- Eph 3:14... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
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