Acts 20:11

"And when he was gone up, and had broken the bread, and eaten, and had talked with them. long while, even till break of day, so he departed"Had broken the bread, and eaten": Various views exist concerning whether this expression refers to the Lord's Supper or some type of social meal.. think Reese has. good point when he says, "If this was the Lord's Supper, and if this was. Sunday night meeting, then the Lord's Supper was not celebrated until Monday, which means they did not do what they met to do on the first day of the week" (Reese p. 738). Others argue that this breaking of bread was. social meal. Various denominational writers assert that the early church connected the Lord's Supper to. social meal (called the Love Feast). But Paul had already clearly condemned connecting the Lord's Supper to. social meal (1 Corinthians 11:18 ff). The language of this verse indicates something that Paul did himself. "The verb says 'he broke the bread'" (Reese p. 738). Thus. find this expression referring to neither the Lord's Supper nor. congregational social meal, but rather, Paul himself had something to eat while he discussed various things with the brethren that remained. Carefully note that the language of Acts 20:11 indicates something more casual. Since Luke already indicated that his sermon ended around midnight (Acts 20:7), the talking of Acts 20:11 would indicate. more casual type of discussion. Thus if one is trying to argue that this verse provides. biblical precedence for. church kitchen or fellowship hall, then some major assumptions, without clear scriptural backing must be made: First, the upper room was purchased with church funds, and it wasn't the home of one of the members. Secondly, the whole congregation ate at this time and did so on. regular basis for purely social reasons. Thirdly, the commandment given to the Corinthians, only applied to them (1 Corinthians 11:18 ff). "Till break of day": "Sunrise at that time of the year being between. and. A.M." (Reese p. 740).