Acts Chapter 20 verse 11 Holy Bible
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.
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And when he had gone up, and had taken the broken bread, he went on talking to them for a long time, even till dawn, and then he went away.
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And having gone up, and having broken the bread, and eaten, and having long spoken until daybreak, so he went away.
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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.
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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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and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked -- till daylight, so he went forth,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - 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. Γενσάμενος 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 φάγειν (1 Corinthians 11:20, 24) or ἐσθίειν (1 Corinthians 11:26, 27, 28, 29). But γευσάμενος seems rather to be taken absolutely, as in Acts 10:10, "having eaten," meant "having partaken" of the meal, the agape, which followed the Eucharist. Talked with them (ὁμιλήσας). Of familiar converse (Luke 24:14, 15; Acts 24:26). Compare the use of ὁμιλία in 1 Corinthians 15:33; from whence, of course, comes the word" homily." Ver. 12. - Lad for young man, A.V.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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 1Corinthians 10:16, and indeed in the very term of "breaking of bread" as a synonym for the Lord's Supper. (See Note on Acts 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 Agape, we have no adequate data for deciding. The use of the same verb, however, in "tasting of the heavenly gift," in Hebrews 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 Acts 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.
