Scofield's Bible Commentary
Acts 20:7
first day
It was the breaking of bread for which the disciples were assembled. The passage indicates the use by the apostolic churches of the first day, not the seventh.
Compare (1 Corinthians 16:2).
first day
It was the breaking of bread for which the disciples were assembled. The passage indicates the use by the apostolic churches of the first day, not the seventh.
Compare (1 Corinthians 16:2).
Verse Acts 20:7. _UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK_] What was called κυριακη, _the Lord's day_, the Christian Sabbath, in which they commemorated the resurrection of our Lord; and which, among all Chris...
AND UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK - Showing thus that this day was then observed by Christians as holy time. Compare 1 Corinthians 16:2; Revelation 1:10. TO BREAK BREAD - Evidently to celebrate the L...
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'...
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...
SETTING OUT FOR JERUSALEM (Acts 20:1-6)...
FIRST, &C. = first day of the sabbaths, i.e. the first day for reckoning the seven sabbaths to Pentecost. It depended upon the harvest (Deuteronomy 16:9), and was always from the morrow after the week...
Paul preaches at Troas. Eutychus is restored to life 7. _And upon the first day of the week_ Which had now, in memory of the Resurrection, begun to be observed as a holy day by Christians. In an Epis...
PAUL PREACHES AT TROAS. EUTYCHUS IS RESTORED TO LIFE...
ἩΙΜΩ͂Ν for τῶν μαθητῶν τοῦ with אABDE. _Vulg_. ‘cum convenissemus.’ 7. ἘΝ ΔῈ ΤΗ͂Ι ΜΙΑ͂Ι ΤΩ͂Ν ΣΑΒΒΆΤΩΝ, _and upon the first day of the week_, which had now, in memory of the Resurrection, begun to be o...
_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...
ΣΥΝΗΓΜΈΝΩΝ _perf. pass. part. (temp.) от_ ΣΥΝΆΓΩ (G4863) собирать вместе; _pass._ собираться. _Gen. abs._ ΚΛΆΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΚΛΆΩ (G2806) ломать. _Inf._ выражает цель. Тайная вечеря сопровожд...
DISCOURSE: 1797 PAUL’S SERMON AT TROAS Acts 20:7. _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 con...
THE DISCIPLES CAME TOGETHER TO BREAK BREAD,— That is, to celebrate the eucharist. It is strange, that Barclay, in his _Apology,_ (prop. 13: sect. 8.) should argue from Acts 20:11 that this was only a...
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...
7. The last period of seven days included and was terminated by the Lord's day. (7) "_And on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break the loaf, Paul discoursed to them, abo...
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. AND UPON THE FI...
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...
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...
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...
UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK... — This and the counsel given in 1 Corinthians 16:2, are distinct proofs that the Church had already begun to observe the weekly festival of the Resurrection in place...
CHAPTER 16 ST. PAUL AND THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. Acts 20:1; Acts 20:7; Acts 20:17; Acts 20:28 THE period of St. Paul's career at which we have now a
τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σ., “on the first day of the week,” μιᾷ being used, the cardinal for the ordinal πρῶτος, like Hebrew אֶחָד, in enumerating the days of the month, see Plummer's note on Luke 24:1; cf. Luke 1...
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...
(3) And upon the (b) 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. (3) Ass...
On the first day of the week. [1] The interpreters generally take notice with St. John Chrysostom, that the Christians, even at this time, must have changed the sabbath into the first day of the week,...
THE SABBATH CHANGED 7. _“On the first day of the week we assembling to break bread,” i. e_., to celebrate the love-feast and the eucharist. Paul spoke to them, being about to depart the following day,...
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...
_PUBLIC WORSHIP_ ‘And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them.’ Acts 20:7 In the present day there is a marked decline in the habit o...
− 7._And in one day. _Either doth he mean the first day of the week, which was next after the Sabbath, or else some certain Sabbath. Which latter thing may seem to me more probable; for this cause, be...
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...
AND UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK,.... Or Lord's day, Revelation 1:10 and which Justin Martyr calls Sunday; on which day, he says i, all, both in city and country, met in one place for religious wors...
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. Ver. 7. _Contin...
_And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples_ As was usual with them on that day; _came together_ From different parts; _to break bread_ That is, to celebrate the Lord's supper. It is well...
FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK; the Lord's day, or Christian Sabbath. TO BREAK BREAD; celebrate the Lord's supper. The first day of the week was observed by the apostles and those who were under the special g...
Paul at Troas:...
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....
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 ON THE FIRST _DAY_ OF THE WEEK, WHEN THE DISCIPLES CAME TOGETHER TO BREAK BREAD, PAUL, READY TO DEPART THE NEXT DAY, SPOKE TO THEM AND CONTINUED HIS MESSAGE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. 1. First day of the wee...
"And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight"Upon the first...
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...
THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK; this was the day which the Lord had made, it being called from his resurrection, which was on this day, _the Lord's day,_ REVELATION 1:10. On this day the disciples met, and...
7. The last period of seven days included and was terminated by the Lord's day. (7) " And on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break the loaf, Paul discoursed to them, abo...
Polycrates of Ephesus Those who in our own times have revived the observance of the Jewish Sabbath, show us how much may be said on their side,[3] Origen Commentary on John Book V "I stretched out m...
Acts 20:7 Now G1161 on G1722 first G3391 week G4521 disciples G3101 together G4863 (G5772) break G2806 ...
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...
‘And on the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow, and prolonged his speech until midnight.' When the first...
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 JerusalemThe Communion Feast and Miracle at Troas_, 7-12. Acts 20:7. AND UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, WHEN THE DISCIPLES CAME TOGETHER. This was evidently no accidental coincidence,...
UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK (εν δε μια των σαββατων). The cardinal μια used here for the ordinal πρωτη (Mark 16:9) like the Hebrew _ehadh_ as in Mark 16:2; Matthew 28:1;...
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...
ON SATURDAY EVENING. This is the evening of the "first day of the week." By the Jewish way of figuring time, the Sabbath expired at 6:00 P.M. on the day we call Saturday, and the first day of the week...
_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...
…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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 20:7 ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. The first reference in Acts 1:1 to worship on Sunday....
_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...
1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 11:17; 1 Corinthians 11:20; 1 Corinthians 11:33;...
First [τ η μ ι α]. Lit., "the one day." The cardinal numeral here used for the ordinal. Week [σ α β β α τ ω ν]. The plural used for the singular, in imitation of the Hebrew form. The noun Sabbath is o...
To break bread — That is, to celebrate the Lord's Supper; continued his discourse — Through uncommon fervour of spirit....