Acts 20:7

Paul preaches at Troas. Eutychus is restored to life

7. And upon the first day of the week Which had now, in memory of the Resurrection, begun to be observed as a holy day by Christians. In an Epistle written before this visit to Troas (1 Corinthians 16:2) the day is appointed by St Paul as the special time when the Christian alms should be laid aside.

when the disciples came together to break bread The oldest authorities give (and the Rev. Ver.represents) "when we were gathered together," &c. We can see how the alteration has been introduced by some one who felt the awkwardness of the following "them." Wherever a congregation was organized the natural service of the Christian worshippers was the communion of the body and blood of Christ.

Paul preached unto them Except here and in Acts 20:9 the verb is nowhere else rendered "preach." Better, " discoursed with them." The meeting was one where reasoning and conversation were used to solve doubts and clear away difficulties which might be in the minds of the Christians at Troas. For we can perceive that there was a Church established here. Indeed wherever St Paul came he was enabled to leave that mark of his visit behind him. It is true the meeting was only still in an upper chamber, but the "many lights" shews that it was not a mere gathering of one or two with the Apostle and his friends, but a settled Christian congregation.

ready[intending] to depart on the morrow They had met first for an evening service, but the consolation of Christian intercourse and the additional zeal infused into the church by the Apostle's visit caused the irregular conversational meeting to be protracted beyond the intended time.

and continued his speech until midnight The "prolonged" of the Rev. Ver.is no improvement. It rather gives the impression that the Apostle had worn out all his hearers.