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Paul’s Journey to Jerusalem

Acts 21:6

In 9 translations

BSB
And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
KJV
And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
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.
LSV
and having embraced one another, we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own friends.
YLT
and having embraced one another, we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own friends.
DBY
And having embraced one another, we went on board ship, and they returned home.
DRC
And when we had bid one another farewell, we took ship; and they returned home.
GNV
Then when we had embraced one another, we tooke ship, and they returned home.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀπησπασάμεθα (“we greeted”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀσπασάμενοι (“greeting”).
  • NA28, NA27 read ἀνέβημεν (“we went up”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐπέβημεν (“we embarked”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐνέβημεν (“we climbed”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place καὶ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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  • SBLGNT: ἀπησπασάμεθα ἀλλήλους καὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀπησπασάμεθα ἀλλήλους καὶ; Robinson–Pierpont read καὶ ἀσπασάμενοι ἀλλήλους.
  • SBLGNT: ἐνέβημεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read ἐνέβημεν; Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀνέβημεν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐπέβημεν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἀπησπασάμεθα ἀλλήλους, καὶ ἐνέβημεν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς τὰ ἴδια.
RP2018
Καὶ ἀσπασάμενοι ἀλλήλους, ἐπέβημεν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς τὰ ἴδια.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἀσπασάμενοι ἀλλήλους, ἐπέβημεν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς τὰ ἴδια.
SCR1894
και ασπασαμενοι αλληλους επεβημεν εις το πλοιον εκεινοι δε υπεστρεψαν εις τα ιδια

Who and where

◆ Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 19:27Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.
  • John 7:53Then each went to his own home.
  • John 16:32“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
  • 2 Corinthians 2:13I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
  • John 1:11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

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