1 Corinthians 11:30

Weak and sickly. Physical visitations on account of profanation of the Lord's table.

Many sleep [κ ο ι μ ω ν τ α ι ι κ α ν ο ι]. The word for many means, primarily, adequate, sufficient. See on Romans 14:23. Rev., not a few hardly expresses the ominous shading of the word : quite enough have died. Sleep. Better, are sleeping. Here simply as a synonym for are dead, without the peculiar restful sense which christian sentiment so commonly conveys into it. See on Acts 7:60; 2 Peter 3:4.