King James Version
Acts 20:37 in the King James Version says “And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,” — study this verse from Acts chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,”
Acts 20:37 · KJV
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
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“sore”
G2425competent (as if coming in season), i.e., ample (in amount) or fit (in character)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“fell”
G1968to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively)
“on”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“Paul's”
G3972(little; but remotely from a derivative of g3973, meaning the same); paulus, the name of a roman and of an apostle
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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