Acts 20:37
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
KJV
ἱκανὸς δὲ κλαυθμὸς ἐγένετο πάντων, καὶ ἐπιπεσόντες ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον τοῦ Παύλου κατεφίλουν αὐτόν,
Greek NT
Magnus autem fletus factus est omnium : et procumbentes super collum Pauli, osculabantur eum,
Vulgate
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,
ASV
And there was much weeping among them all. And falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him,
Douay-Rheims
Open in reader with connections →
In this verse
People
Paul
In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταφιλέω
kataphileo
verb · 6×
κλαυθμός
klauthmos
noun · 9×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τράχηλος
trachelos
noun · 7×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπιπίπτω
epipipto
verb · 12×
ἱκανός
ikanos
adjective · 40×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: κλαυθμὸς ἐγένετο | WH/Treg/NIV: κλαυθμὸς ἐγένετο | RP: ἐγένετο κλαυθμὸς
- κλαυθμὸς ἐγένετο — SBLGNT
- κλαυθμὸς ἐγένετο — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐγένετο κλαυθμὸς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 16:20 — All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.
- 1Kgs 19:20 — And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
- 1Thess 5:26 — Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
- 2Cor 13:12 — Greet one another with an holy kiss.
- 2Tim 1:4 — Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
- Acts 21:13 — Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
- Gen 29:13 — And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things
- Gen 31:28 — And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
- Gen 33:4 — And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
- Gen 46:29 — And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
- Luke 15:20 — And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
- Luke 15:20 — And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
- Rev 21:4 — And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
- Rom 16:16 — Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
- Rom 16:16 — Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
- Ruth 1:9 — The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.