Bible Strands
Acts 20:7
On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses a gathered group of believers in Troas on the first day of the week, immediately before his scheduled departure the following day.
The words — συνηγμένων (sunēgmenōn) means "having been gathered together," and μιᾷ (mia) literally denotes the "first" in a sequential series.
The thread — The text aligns with 1 Corinthians 16:2 regarding weekly gatherings and Acts 2:42 regarding communal fellowship and the breaking of bread.
Why it lands — It requires readers to recognize that early Christians convened on the first day of the week for teaching and communal meals, independent of Sabbath observance.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
- Acts 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- John 20:19 It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.
- John 20:1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
- Acts 20:11 Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.
- Revelation 1:10 On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
- Luke 24:35 Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.
- John 20:26 Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
- Acts 20:9 And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.
- Acts 28:23 So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.