Acts 20:7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 20:7-12

We have here an account of what passed at Troas the last of the seven days that Paul staid there. I. There was a solemn religious assembly of the Christians that were there, according to their constant custom, and the custom of all the churches. 1. The disciples came together, Acts 20:7. Though they read, and meditated, and prayed, and sung psalms, apart, and thereby kept up their communion with God, yet that was not enough; they must come together to worship God in concert, and so keep up... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 20:7-12

20:7-12 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 in the upper room where we were assembled. A young man called Eutychus was sitting by the window. He began to be overcome by a deep sleep. While Paul was talking he was still more overcome by sleep and he fell right down from the third floor and was taken up dead. Paul went down and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 20:7

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 F9 Apolog. 2. p. 98. , all, both in city and country, met in one place for religious worship; and on this day, it appears from hence, and from other places, that the apostles and primitive churches did meet together for religious exercises; see John 20:19 and so they did at Troas at this time, as follows: when the disciples came together to break... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 Christians, afterwards took the place of the Jewish Sabbath. To break bread - To break eucaristia , the eucharist, as the Syriac has it; intimating, by this, that they were accustomed to receive the holy sacrament on each Lord's day. It is likely that, besides this, they received a common meal together. Some... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 20:7

Verse 7− 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, because that day was more fit for all assembly, according to custom. But seeing it is no new matter for the Evangelists to put one instead of the first, according to the custom of the Hebrew tongue, ( Matthew 28:1; Luke 24:1; John 20:1) it shall very well agree, that on the morrow after the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:1-12

"In labors more abundant." The rapid succession and the unbroken continuance of St. Paul's labors is truly marvelous. Rest or recreation seem to be things unknown to him. The tension of spirit caused by imminent and pressing danger seems not to have produced in him, as it does in most men, the need of breathing-time to recover their usual tone. His one idea of the use of life, and of the various faculties of mind and body with which his life was equipped, was apparently to preach Jesus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:1-12

Human life: lights and shadows. In these verses we are reminded of— I. THE SCANTY RECORD OF HUMAN LIFE . We have six verses of this valuable chronicle given to the unimportant incident of the accident which befell Eutychus ( Acts 20:7-12 ), and only three to Paul's visit to Macedonia and Greece. We do not understand why Luke should thus apportion his space, but the fact that he did so reminds us how often most interesting and instructive scenes, or even precious and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:1-16

Scenes by the way. I. FUGITIVE SERVICE . "When they persecute you in one city, flee into another," had said the Lord. But not as a hireling who sees the wolf coming; rather as a brave warrior who retreats fighting. The brave retreat may reflect more honor than the hopeless prolongation of warfare. We must know when to give way. There is a "wise passiveness" and a "masterly inactivity." If we can but gain our Christian point, we should suffer no scruple of vanity to stand in our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:6-12

The seven days' halt at the gateway between Europe and Asia. This seven days' stay at Troas may be safely presumed to have had points of special interest about it. The seven ( Acts 20:4 ) who accompanied Paul into Asia were here found awaiting him and Silas and the historian. These ten, beside any others possibly with them, must have been the welcomed visitors of the disciples at Troas. Memory dwelt upon Troas, for it was the place where, in the vision of the night ( Acts 16:9 ), Paul... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:7

We were gathered for the disciples came, A.V. and T.R.; discoursed with for preached unto, A.V.; intending for ready, A.V.; prolonged for continued, A.V. The first day of the week . This is an important evidence of the keeping of the Lord's day by the Church as a day for their Church assemblies (see Luke 24:1 , Luke 24:30 , Luke 24:35 ; John 20:19 , John 20:26 ; 1 Corinthians 16:2 ). To break bread . This is also an important example of weekly communion as the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 20:7-12

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 20:7-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 20:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 20:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 20:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:6-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 20:7

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