And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
Parallel translations
- WEB When he had spoken these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
- BSB When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
- 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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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 21:5And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
- Luke 22:41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
- Acts 7:60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Phil 4:6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
- Dan 6:10Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
- 2 Chr 6:13For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
- Eph 3:14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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