Acts 20:37-38 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,… Surely there is nothing so sad in life as the sadness of partings. I listened the other day to two little children talk — two little simple children — without any experience of the sorrows of life. They were about to part for a short time, and I overheard their words. "I am so sorry to leave you, dear," said one, almost an infant. "And so am I, so sorry to part with you." What was the meaning of such words from young lips? Dear innocent hearts! They knew little or nothing of the sorrows of life. For them all that was to come; if black the future, the present was in sunlight. It was the expression of one of those deep truths which lie buried in the very essence of our mortal nature. It was the expression of the pang of parting. Partings are the saddest things in life. Partings create sorrows whilst we are living; partings robe the beds of death in the deepest gloom; partings fill the eyes of the dying with looks of anguish; partings make our hearts ache as we gaze at those who lie before us loved and dead. (Knox-Little.) Parallel Verses KJV: And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,WEB: They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him, |
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