“"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." He had said, that "grievous wolves should enter in;" had said, "I am pure from the blood of all men:" and yet the thing that grieved them most of all was this, "t…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Acts 45
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37And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
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35I 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.
36And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
— Acts 20:37 —
38Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.