Acts 20:11 Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left.

English Standard Version
And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.

New American Standard Bible
When he had gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
After going upstairs, breaking the bread, and eating, Paul conversed a considerable time until dawn. Then he left.

International Standard Version
Then he went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. He talked with them for a long time, until dawn, and then left.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then going up, and breaking bread and tasting, and having talked a long time to them, until daylight, so he departed.

Darby Bible Translation
And having gone up, and having broken the bread, and eaten, and having long spoken until daybreak, so he went away.

Young's Literal Translation
and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked -- till daylight, so he went forth,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

20:7-12 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 another. They came together on the first day of the week, the Lord's day. It is to be religiously observed by all disciples of Christ. In the breaking of the bread, not only the breaking of Christ's body for us, to be a sacrifice for our sins, is remembered, but the breaking of Christ's body to us, to be food and a feast for our souls, is signified. In the early times it was the custom to receive the Lord's supper every Lord's day, thus celebrating the memorial of Christ's death. In this assembly Paul preached. The preaching of the gospel ought to go with the sacraments. They were willing to hear, he saw they were so, and continued his speech till midnight. Sleeping when hearing the word, is an evil thing, a sign of low esteem of the word of God. We must do what we can to prevent being sleepy; not put ourselves to sleep, but get our hearts affected with the word we hear, so as to drive sleep far away. Infirmity requires tenderness; but contempt requires severity. It interrupted the apostle's preaching; but was made to confirm his preaching. Eutychus was brought to life again. And as they knew not when they should have Paul's company again, they made the best use of it they could, and reckoned a night's sleep well lost for that purpose. How seldom are hours of repose broken for the purposes of devotion! but how often for mere amusement or sinful revelry! So hard is it for spiritual life to thrive in the heart of man! so naturally do carnal practices flourish there!

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. 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 Ec 9:7).