Acts 21:6

Modern

And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

Traditional

And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.

Literal

…having said farewell to one another, we then went up into the boat, and they returned to their own.

Latin

Et cum valefecissemus invicem, ascendimus navem: illi autem redierunt in sua.

Greek

English

And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

The disciples in Tyre gave Paul a warm and emotional farewell. This shows the deep fellowship (shared life and unity) among Christians.
Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem: The disciples in Tyre clearly understood the danger he would face there. Because they cared for him, they tried to persuade him not to go.
However, Paul accepted these risks. He chose to go in order to complete the mission God had given him (compare Philippians 3:7–10). See also study note on Acts 21:11–14.

This “we” passage (see study notes on 16:10; 20:5–15) covers Paul’s journey from Miletus to Jerusalem at the close of the third missionary journey.

Theme notes and profiles

John 19:27
Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.
John 1:11
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
2 Corinthians 2:13
I 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 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.
John 7:53
Then each went to his own home.