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

New Living Translation
Then they all went back upstairs, shared in the Lord’s Supper, and ate together. Paul continued talking to them until dawn, and then 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.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.

Berean Literal Bible
And having gone up, and having broken the bread, and having eaten, and having talked at length until daybreak, so he departed.

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.

New King James Version
Now when he had come up, had broken bread and eaten, and talked a long while, even till daybreak, he departed.

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

NASB 1995
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.

NASB 1977
And when he had gone back up, and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.

Legacy Standard Bible
And 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.

Amplified Bible
When Paul had gone back upstairs and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked [informally and confidentially] with them for a long time—until daybreak [in fact]—and then he left.

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But when he got up, he broke bread and ate, and he spoke until sunrise, and then he went out to depart by land.

Contemporary English Version
After Paul had gone back upstairs, he broke bread, and ate with us. He then spoke until dawn and left.

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

English Revised 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Eutychus went upstairs again, broke the bread, and ate. Paul talked with the people for a long time, until sunrise, and then left.

Good News Translation
Then he went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. After talking with them for a long time, even until sunrise, Paul 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.

Literal Standard Version
and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked—until daylight, so he went forth,

Majority Standard Bible
Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.

New American Bible
Then he returned upstairs, broke the bread, and ate; after a long conversation that lasted until daybreak, he departed.

NET Bible
Then Paul went back upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them a long time, until dawn. Then he left.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Paul went upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he continued to converse with them until dawn; then he left.

New Heart English Bible
When he had gone up, and had broken bread, and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed.

Webster's Bible Translation
When he had come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and discoursed a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

Weymouth New Testament
Then he went upstairs again, broke bread, and took some food; and after a long conversation which was continued till daybreak, at last he parted from them.

World English Bible
When he had gone up, had broken bread and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed.

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,

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Context
Eutychus Revived at Troas
10But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!” 11Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed. 12And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.…

Cross References
Acts 2:42
They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

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.

Acts 20:12
And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

and had.

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 continued his speech until midnight.

even.

Acts 20:7,9
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…

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Acts 20
1. Paul goes to Macedonia, and thence to Troas.
7. He celebrates the Lord's supper, and preaches.
9. Eutychus having fallen down dead is raised to life.
13. Paul continues his travels;
17. and at Miletum he calls the elders together, tells them what shall befall to himself,
28. commits God's flock to them,
29. warns them of false teachers,
32. commends them to God,
36. prays with them, and departs.














(11) And had broken bread, and eaten.--Better, broken the bread and tasted. In the early usage of the Lord's Supper the bread was not made, as in the Latin Church, in the form of circular wafers, nor cut up into small cubes, as in most Reformed Churches. The loaf, probably a long roll, was placed before the celebrant, and each piece was broken off as it was given to the communicant. Stress is laid on this practice in 1Corinthians 10:16, and indeed in the very term of "breaking of bread" as a synonym for the Lord's Supper. (See Note on Acts 2:46.) Whether the next act of "eating" refers to the actual communion (we are obliged to use technical terms for the sake of definiteness), or to a repast, or Agape, we have no adequate data for deciding. The use of the same verb, however, in "tasting of the heavenly gift," in Hebrews 6:4, suggests the former, and it is probable that the portion of bread and wine thus taken, in the primitive celebration, would be enough to constitute a real refreshment, and to enable the Apostle to continue his discourse.

Even till break of day.--The whole service must have lasted some seven or eight hours, sunrise at this time of the year, shortly after the Passover, being between 5 and 6 A.M. The inconvenience of such a protracted service led, as has been stated (see Note on Acts 20:7), to the transfer of the Lord's Supper from the evening of Saturday to the early morning of Sunday, a position which, with some moderate variations, it has retained ever since, till the introduction in recent times of the yet more primitive practice of an evening celebration.

Verse 11. - And when he was gone up for when he therefore was come up again, A.V.; the bread for bread, A.V. and T.R.; had talked with them for talked, A.V. Had broken the bread; i.e. the bread already prepared, and spoken of in ver. 7 (where see note), but which had not yet been broken in consequence of Paul's long discourse. And eaten. Γενσάμενος does not seem to mean "having eaten of the bread broken," for the word is never used of the sacramental eating of bread. That word is always φάγειν (1 Corinthians 11:20, 24) or ἐσθίειν (1 Corinthians 11:26, 27, 28, 29). But γευσάμενος seems rather to be taken absolutely, as in Acts 10:10, "having eaten," meant "having partaken" of the meal, the agape, which followed the Eucharist. Talked with them (ὁμιλήσας). Of familiar converse (Luke 24:14, 15; Acts 24:26). Compare the use of ὁμιλία in 1 Corinthians 15:33; from whence, of course, comes the word" homily." Ver. 12. - Lad for young man, A.V.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[Paul] went back upstairs,
Ἀναβὰς (Anabas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 305: To go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up. From ana and the base of basis; to go up.

broke
κλάσας (klasas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2806: To break (in pieces), break bread. A primary verb; to break.

bread,
ἄρτον (arton)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 740: Bread, a loaf, food. From airo; bread or a loaf.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

ate.
γευσάμενος (geusamenos)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1089: (a) I taste, (b) I experience. A primary verb; to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience.

[After]
τε (te)
Conjunction
Strong's 5037: And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also.

speaking
ὁμιλήσας (homilēsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3656: From homilos; to be in company with, i.e. to converse.

until
ἄχρι (achri)
Preposition
Strong's 891: As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to.

daybreak,
αὐγῆς (augēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 827: Brightness, daylight, dawn. Of uncertain derivation; a ray of light, i.e. radiance, dawn.

he departed.
ἐξῆλθεν (exēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.


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