Acts 21:6
And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
Acts 21:6 in other translations
| BSB | And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home. |
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| WEB | After saying goodbye to each other, we went on board the ship, and they returned home again. |
| ASV | and we went on board the ship, but they returned home again. |
| YLT | and having embraced one another, we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own friends. |
| DARBY | And having embraced one another, we went on board ship, and they returned home. |
| BBE | We said our last words to one another, and got into the ship, and they went back to their houses. |
| Webster | And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again. |
What does Acts 21:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 21:4-6
4-6. finding disciples--finding out the disciples, implying some search. They would expect such, from what is recorded, Ac 11:19. Perhaps they were not many; yet there were gifted ones among them. who said to Paul ... that he should not go up to Jerusalem--(See on Ac 20:23; also see on Ac 21:11-14).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 21:1-7
Providence must be acknowledged when our affairs go on well. Wherever Paul came, he inquired what disciples were there, and found them out. Foreseeing his troubles, from love to him, and concern for the church, they wrongly thought it would be most for the glory of God that he should continue at liberty; but their earnestness to dissuade him from it, renders his pious resolution the more illustrious. He has taught…
Acts 21:6 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 21:6
- John 19:27
Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
- 2 Corinthians 2:13
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
- John 1:11
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
- John 7:53
And every man went unto his own house.
- John 16:32
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
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Context
- 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 prayed.
- Acts 21:6
And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
- Acts 21:7
And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
Acts 21:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y abrazándonos los unos á los otros, subimos al barco, y ellos se volvieron á sus casas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et après nous être embrassés les uns les autres, nous sommes montés sur le navire; et ils s’en retournèrent chez eux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und als wir voneinander Abschied genommen hatten, stiegen wir in das Schiff, jene aber kehrten heim. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et cum valefecissemus invicem, ascendimus navem: illi autem redierunt in sua. |