Acts 20:36

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“When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.”

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BSBPD

“When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And these things having said, having bowed his knees, with them all, he did pray,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 20:36 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:13Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
  2. Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
  3. Luke 22:41And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
  4. Acts 7:60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  5. Acts 21:5But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
  6. Ephesians 3:14... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
  7. Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

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