When he had gone up, and had broken bread and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed.
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When he had gone up, and had broken bread and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed.
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When he was come vp agayne he brake breed and tasted and comened a longe whyle even tyll the mornynge and so departed.
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Then when Paul was come vp againe, and had broken bread, and eaten, hauing spoken a long while till the dawning of the day, hee so departed.
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Passages linked to Acts 20:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.
- Acts 20:9 A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was taken up dead.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 11 When he therefore was come up again, and…
11 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, followed the use of daily food. Animantis cuiusque vita est in fuga, saith the philosopher; so that were it not for the repair of nutrition, natural life would be soon extinguished. So would spiritual life also.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Had broken bread; either in the eucharist, as in…
Had broken bread; either in the eucharist, as in Act 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 patience and zeal of Christians in those times, and will rise up in judgment against a careless and negligent generation.
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He departed; going that part of his journey on foot, as the rest of his company did go by sea, as Act 20:13.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they brought the young man alive,.... Up into…
And they brought the young man alive,.... Up into the upper room, and presented him alive to the disciples:
and were not a little comforted; that is, the disciples, at the sight of the young man, who was taken up dead, not only for his sake, but chiefly because by this miracle the Gospel, which the apostle preached, and who was about to depart from them, was greatly confirmed to them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain So departed - Without taking any rest at all.
So departed - Without taking any rest at all.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. Had broken bread] Had taken some refreshment,…
Verse 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, which is very different from the διελεγετο, of the seventh verse, and the διαλεγομενου, of the ninth; which imply solemn, grave discourse.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Come up again - To the upper room, Act…
Come up again - To the upper room, Act 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 Supper.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain broken bread and eaten--with what a mixture of awe…
broken bread and eaten--with what a mixture of awe and joy after such an occurrence! "And eaten"--denoting a common repast, as distinguished from the breaking of the eucharistic bread.
and talked a long while, even till break of day--How lifelike this record of dear Christian fellowship, as free and gladsome as it was solemn! (See Ecc 9:7).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. Come up again—From the ground to the third…
11. Come up again—From the ground to the third loft.
Departed—Went out, that is, from the upper room of the assemblage.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. When he therefore was come up again] Better…
11. 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.
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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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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) And had broken bread, and eaten.—Better, broken the…
(11) 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 cut up into small cubes, as in most Reformed Churches. The loaf, probably a long roll, was placed before the celebrant, and each piece was broken off as it was given to the communicant. Stress is laid on this practice in 1Co_10:16, and indeed in the very term of “breaking of bread” as a synonym for the Lord’s Supper. (See Note on Act_2:46.) Whether the next act of “eating” refers to the actual communion (we are obliged to use technical terms for the sake of definiteness), or to a repast, or Agapè, we have no adequate data for deciding. The use of the same verb, however, in “tasting of the heavenly gift,” in Heb_6:4, suggests the former, and it is probable that the portion of bread and wine thus taken, in the primitive celebration, would be enough to constitute a real refreshment, and to enable the Apostle to continue his discourse.
Even till break of day.—The whole service must have lasted some seven or eight hours, sunrise at this time of the year, shortly after the Passover, being between 5 and 6 A.M. The inconvenience of such a protracted service led, as has been stated (see Note on Act_20:7), to the transfer of the Lord’s Supper from the evening of Saturday to the early morning of Sunday, a position which, with some moderate variations, it has retained ever since, till the introduction in recent times of the yet more primitive practice of an evening celebration.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And when he was gone up for when he…
And when he was gone up for when he therefore was come up again, A.V.; the bread for bread, A.V. and T.R.; had talked with them for talked, A.V. Had broken the bread; i.e. the bread already prepared, and spoken of in ver. 7 (where see note), but which had not yet been broken in consequence of Paul"s long discourse. And eaten. Gensamenov does not seem to mean "having eaten of the bread broken," for the word is never used of the sacramental eating of bread. That word is always fagein 1Co_11:20, 24 or ejsqiein. (1Co_11:26, 1Co_11:27, 1Co_11:28, 1Co_11:29) But geusamenov seems rather to be taken absolutely, as in Act_10:10, "having eaten," meant "having partaken" of the meal, the agape, which followed the Eucharist. Talked with them (oJmilh) Of familiar converse (Luk_24:14, Luk_24:15; Act_24:26) Compare the use of oJmilia in 1Co_15:33; from whence, of course, comes the word" homily."
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain 11. The alarm produced by the death of Eutychus,…
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 greatly to the solemnity which already pervaded the audience. Their feelings were too deeply wrought upon to think of sleep, and the meeting was still protracted. They returned to the upper chamber, where the lights were still burning, and the elements of the Lord's supper remained as yet undistributed. Paul, notwithstanding the length and earnestness of his discourse, was still unexhausted. (11) " And having gone up, and broken the loaf, and eaten it, he conversed yet a long time, even till daybreak, and so he departed. " Thus the whole night was spent in religious discourse and conversation, interrupted, at midnight, by a death and a resurrection, and this followed by the celebration of the Lord's death, which brings the hope of a better resurrection. The whole scene concluded at daybreak, in one of those touching farewells, in which the pain of parting and the hope of meeting to part no more, struggle so tearfully for the mastery of the soul. It was a night long to be remembered by those who were there, and will yet be a theme of much conversation in eternity.
It is a question of some curiosity whether it was at daybreak on Sunday morning or Monday morning, that this assembly was dismissed. They were assembled in the early part of the night, yet the time of their assembling was included in the "first day of the week." If the brethren in Troas were accustomed to begin and close the day at midnight, according to the Greek custom, it must have been Sunday night when they met. But if they reckoned according to the Jewish method, which began and closed the day with sunset, then they must have met on what we call Saturday night; for in this case the whole of that night would belong to the first day of the week, and Sunday night to the second day. It is supposed, by many commentators, that the Greek method prevailed, and that they met Sunday night; but, with Mr. Howson, I am constrained to the other opinion; a conclusive proof of which I find in the fact, that if the meeting was on Sunday night, then the loaf was broken on Monday morning; for it was broken after midnight. There can be no doubt of this fact, unless we understand the breaking of the loaf, mentioned in the eleventh verse, as referring to a common meal. But this is inadmissible; for, having stated, ( verse 7 ,) that they came together to break the loaf and now stating, for the first time, that Paul did break the loaf, we must conclude that by the same expression, Luke means the same thing. To this objection that Paul alone is said to have broken and eaten the bread, I answer, that this would be a very natural expression to indicate that Paul officiated at the table; but, on the other hand, if it is a common meal, it would be strange that he alone should eat, especially to the exclusion of his traveling companions, who were going to start as early in the morning as he did. I conclude, therefore, that the brethren met on the night after the Jewish Sabbath, which was still observed as a day of rest by all of them who were Jews or Jewish proselytes, and considering this the beginning of the first day of the week, spent it in the manner above described. On Sunday morning Paul and his companions resumed their journey, being constrained, no doubt, by the movements of the ship, which had already been in the harbor of Troas seven days. His example does not justify traveling on the Lord's day, except under similar constraint, and upon a mission as purely religious as that which was taking him to Jerusalem.
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This is the end of the part of the story about Paul's preaching at Troas and about Eutychus.
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Here the word "he" refers to Paul.
broke bread
Bread was a common food during meals. Here "break bread" probably means they shared a meal with more kinds of food than just bread. (See: Synecdoche)
he left
"he went away"
the boy
This refers to Eutychus (Acts 20:09). Possible meanings are 1) he was a young man over 14 years old or 2) he was a boy between 9 and 14 years old or 3) the word "boy" implies that he was a servant or a slave.
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