Acts 20:38

38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.

Ver. 38. Sorrowing most ] They are out, then, qui ferream et immanem constantiam exigunt a fidelibus, who exact of Christians a stoic apathy or insensibleness to crosses and sorrowful occurrences. (Calvin.) Religion doth not root out natural passions, but regulate them. The parting with dear friends (which are as a man’s own soul, Deu 13:6 ) is so grievous that death itself is called a "departure."