When he therefore was come up again Better (with Rev. Ver.), "And when he was gone up." The Apostle's calmness, as well as his words, was not without effect on the congregation. He returns to the upper room, and the unfinished act of worship is completed.

and had broken bread The best texts give " the bread," i.e. the bread of the Eucharistic service.

and eaten i.e. partaken of the more substantial meal of the "Agapæ," which in the early church followed after the Communion.

and talked a long while The verb implies the talking of persons one with another, the talk of friendly intercourse, as distinguished from the previous discourse on more solemn subjects of the spread of Christ's kingdom and the part each of them might take in helping it on. So the Rev. Ver.well, "and had talked with them a long while."

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