Albert Barnes on Acts 20:36
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Acts20:36
He kneeled down. The usual attitude of prayer. It is the proper posture of a suppliant. It indicates reverence and humility; and is represented in the Scriptures as the common attitude of devotion, 2Chr 6:13, Dan 6:10, Lk 22:41, Acts 7:60, 9:40, 21:5, Rom 11:4, Php 2:10; Eph 3:14, Mk 1:40.
(a) "kneeled down" Acts 21:5.
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