Acts 20:7

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Summary

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.

The disciples

1 Corinthians 11:17

To break

And continued

General references

Exodus 20:11

Bible References

The disciples

But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

To break

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.

And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.

And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him.

The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?

But now, when you come together, it is not possible to take the holy meal of the Lord:

And continued

And a certain young man named Eutychus, who was seated in the window, went into a deep sleep; and while Paul went on talking, being overcome by sleep, he had a fall from the third floor, and was taken up dead.

And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.

He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law.

And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God.

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;

General references

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.