Acts 20:11. When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten. The ‘breaking of bread,' the solemn conclusion to the long service of prayer and exhortation, doubtless had been interrupted by the accident to Eutychus. The bread was, in these early ‘communions,' literally broken. ‘The loaf, probably a long roll, was placed before the celebrant, and each piece was broken off as it was given to the communicant' (Plumptre).
Verse Acts 20:11. _HAD BROKEN BREAD_] Had taken some refreshment, in order to their journey. _AND TALKED A LONG WHILE_] ομιλησας, Having _familiarly conversed_, for this is the import of the word, wh...
COME UP AGAIN - To the upper room, Acts 20:8. AND HAD BROKEN BREAD, AND EATEN - Had taken refreshment. As this is spoken of Paul only, it is evidently distinguished from the celebration of the Lord’s...
CHAPTER 20 __ 1. Paul in Macedonia (Acts 20:1). 2. His abode in Greece, the visit to Troas and what transpired there (Acts 20:3). 3. The journey from Troas to Miletus (Acts 20:13). 4. The farewell...
STORY OF EUTYCHUS. Paul speaks of the first day of the week in 1 Corinthians 16:2, but not of a breaking of bread on that day, which appears here as an established usage (_cf. Acts 24:2_). It is Paul'...
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
On the first day of the week, when we had gathered together to break bread, Paul, who was about to leave on the next day, spoke to them, and he prolonged his talk until midnight. There were many lamps...
BREAD. The texts read "the bread", to support the idea that it was. Eucharistic service, but see note on Acts 20:7 and the references in Acts 2:42. TALKED. Greek. _homileo._ Only here, Acts 24:26;...
_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 th...
ἈΝΑΒᾺΣ ΔΈ, _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 compl...
PAUL PREACHES AT TROAS. EUTYCHUS IS RESTORED TO LIFE...
_PAUL'S LAST VISIT TO TROAS ACTS 20:7-12:_ At Troas Paul and his companions came together with the church to break bread. As the disciples were gathered Paul preached to them until midnight because he...
ΆΝΑΒΆΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΝΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G305) подходить к кому-л. ΚΛΆΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 20:7. ΓΕΥΣΆΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΓΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G1089) вкушать, есть,...
AT PHILIPPI. Acts 20:6 a. Acts 20:6 a And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, ACTS 20:6 A To arrive here Paul had to make a day's journey off the main road. But the chur...
11. The alarm produced by the death of Eutychus, the astonishing display of divine power in his restoration to life, and the stillness of the midnight hour in which it all transpired, could but add gr...
When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. WHEN HE THEREFORE WAS COME UP AGAIN, AND HAD BROKEN BREAD, AND...
38 After showing them that the men they had led to the theater were not guilty of any overt act against the temple or goddess he reminds them that there are legal means of redress for any wrong which...
20:11 spoken (f-15) Or 'conversed.' as ch. 24.26, 'communed.' Luke 24:14 ,Luke 24:15 ; not as 'discoursed,' ver. 9....
THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONTINUED) 1-6. Paul in Macedonia and Greece. St. Paul waited at Ephesus until the return of Timothy and Erastus, and left Ephesus shortly after Pentecost, 55 a.d. (1 Corinth...
Troas. 7. The first clear reference to the keeping of the Lord's Day, with which may be compared 1 Corinthians 16:2. The expression 'Lord's Day' first occurs Revelation 1:10. THE DISCIPLES] RV 'we,' i...
BROKEN BREAD] RV 'broken the bread,' viz. of the Eucharist. AND EATEN] probably of the _agapé_, which here apparently followed the Communion: see Acts 2:46; Acts 2:47....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 20 PAUL TRAVELS THROUGH MACEDONIA AND GREECE, 20:1-6 V1 After the *riot, Paul sent for the *believers and he encouraged them. Then he said good...
AND HAD BROKEN BREAD, AND EATEN. — Better, _broken the bread and tasted._ In the early usage of the Lord’s Supper the bread was not made, as in the Latin Church, in the form of circular wafers, nor cu...
κλάσας ἄρτον : if we read τὸν ἄρ., see critical note, “the bread,” so R.V., _i.e._, of the Eucharist; so Syriac. The words evidently refer back to Acts 20:7, see Blass, _Gram._, p. 148. γευσ.: often t...
A MESSENGER OF TRUTH AND LIFE Acts 20:1 The Second Epistle to the Corinthians should be read with the introductory verses of this chapter, as it reveals the Apostle's inner mind at this time. He seem...
Restful and mastered by Christ, Paul was yet restless and resistless in devotion to the enterprise of his Lord. These facts are evident throughout this chapter. We follow him in rapid movements, alway...
Paul's Stay In Troas Luke's seemingly casual comment that Paul and his company stayed seven days in Troas actually serves to enlighten us as to the custom of worship in New Testament times. They came...
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. (8) And there were...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
But let us return to the history of Paul. After the uproar has ceased he sends for the disciples, embraces them, and departs for Macedonia; he visits that whole country, and comes into Greece. The beg...
WHEN HE THEREFORE WAS COME UP AGAIN,.... Into the upper room, where he was before, and where the disciples were gathered together: AND HAD BROKEN BREAD AND EATEN; administered the Lord's supper, and...
When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. Ver. 11. _And eaten_] After the celebration of the Lord's supper...
Paul at Troas:...
WHEN HE THEREFORE WAS COME UP AGAIN, AND HAD BROKEN BREAD, AND EATEN, AND TALKED A LONG WHILE, EVEN TILL BREAK OF DAY, SO HE DEPARTED....
Finally Paul follows Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, leaving a field of labor that had been most fruitful. How long he spent in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea we are not told, but he gave them muc...
NOW WHEN HE HAD COME UP, HAD BROKEN BREAD AND EATEN, AND TALKED A LONG WHILE, EVEN TILL DAYBREAK, HE DEPARTED. 1. After the young man is raised from the dead, all returned to the meeting room. 2. Th...
"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 concer...
7-12 Though the disciples read, and meditated, and prayed, and sung apart, and thereby kept up communion with God, yet they came together to worship God, and so kept up their communion with one anoth...
HAD BROKEN BREAD; either in the eucharist, as in ACTS 20:7, or in taking his ordinary refection and breakfast. TALKED A LONG WHILE, EVEN TILL BREAK OF DAY; this was of long continuance, and speaks the...
11. The alarm produced by the death of Eutychus, the astonishing display of divine power in his restoration to life, and the stillness of the midnight hour in which it all transpired, could but add gr...
Acts 20:11 when G1161 up G305 (G5631) G2532 broken G2806 (G5660) bread G740 and G2532 eaten...
‘And when he was gone up, and had broken the bread, and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.' Then Paul returned quietly to the upper room where they...
THE SIGN OF THE RAISING OF EUTYCHUS: PAUL HURRIES ON (20:7-16). At this point in the account we are informed of a remarkable confirmation of God's presence with Paul in the raising from the dead of a...
THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM (20:3-21:16). As we read this section of Acts some of it may seem a little pointless and repetitive. But we must recognise in it what Luke is doing. One purpose that he has in...
WHEN HE WAS GONE UP (αναβας). Second aorist active participle in sharp contrast to καταβας (went down) of verse Acts 20:10.HAD BROKEN BREAD (κλασας τον αρτον). Probably the Eucharist to observe wh...
CONTENTS: Paul goes to Macedonia and Greece. His visits at Troas, Miletus. Paul's conference with the Ephesian elders. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Tim...
Acts 20:4. _There accompanied him Sopater of Berea,_ the son of Pyrrhus, according to the Vulgate. He is called by Paul, Sosipater. Romans 16:21. _Aristarchus,_ who accompanied him to Rome, and _Secun...
BROKE BREAD, AND ATE. This is the Lord's Supper [Holy Meal]. The Fellowship Meal would follow this. The two were closely associated, yet distinct from each other. _McGarvey_ says: "To the objection th...
…TROAS, WHERE WE ABODE SEVEN DAYS_._ PAUL AT TROAS I. The “first day of the week” appears to have been the usual period of assembly, and no doubt was selected and consecrated by apostolical authorit...
_And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for Macedonia._ READING BETWEEN THE LINES There does not seem to be much in this section of the...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 20:7. THE FIRST day OF THE WEEK.—Lit., _the first of the Sabbath_, as in 1 Corinthians 16:2, meaning not on one of the Sabbaths or Jewish festivals, but on the first day of the...
EXPOSITION ACTS 20:1 _Having sent for_ …_ and exhorted _for _called unto him, _A.V. and T.R.; _took leave of them, and departed _for _and embraced them, and departed, _A.V. DEPARTED FOR TO GO INTO MA...
Last week we left Paul in Ephesus, in the midst of a near riot in town, as Demetrius the silversmith got together his companions in trade and pointed out how the preaching of Paul was about to put the...
Acts 20:7; Acts 20:9...
Having gone up. From the court to the chamber above. Talked [ο μ ι λ η σ α ς]. Rather, communed. It denotes a more familiar and confidential intercourse than discoursed, in verse 7....
So departed — Without taking any rest at all....