Acts 20:36
And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
KJV
καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν θεὶς τὰ γόνατα αὐτοῦ σὺν πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς προσηύξατο.
Greek NT
Et cum hæc dixisset, positis genibus suis oravit cum omnibus illis.
Vulgate
And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all.
ASV
And when he had said these things, kneeling down, he prayed with them all.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γόνυ
gonu
noun · 12×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σύν
sun
preposition · 129×
τίθημι
tithemi
verb · 99×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2636The first Christian communities lived this form of fellowship intensely.116 Thus the Apostle Paul gives them a share in his ministry of preaching the Gospel117 but also intercedes for them.118 The intercession of Christians recognizes no boundaries: "for all men, for kings and all who are in high positions," for persecutors, for the salvation of those who reject the Gospel.119
Cross-references
- 2Chr 6:13 — For 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 knee
- Acts 7:60 — And 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.
- Acts 7:60 — And 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.
- Acts 21:5 — And 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
- Acts 21:5 — And 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
- Dan 6:10 — Now 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
- Eph 3:14 — For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Luke 22:41 — And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
- Phil 4:6 — Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
- Ps 95:6 — O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.