King James Version

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “we” (ἡμῶν) before breaking here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the disciples for the” (τῶν μαθητῶν τοῦ) before breaking here.

Ἐνenuponἐνpreposition — “upon”G1722in, on, among.uponδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.μιᾷmiafirstεἷς (heis)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “first”, the to- or for-formG1520one.the firstτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σαββάτωνsabbatōnday of the weekσάββατον (sabbaton)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “day of the week”, the of-formG4521the Sabbath, a week.day of the weekσυνηγμένωνsunēgmenōncame togetherσυνάγω (sunagō)verb, perfect passive participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “came together”, a completed action with a present resultG4863I gather together, collect, assemble, receive with hospitality, entertain.came togetherἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).κλάσαιklasaito breakκλάω (klaō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to break”, a single actionG2806I break (in pieces), break bread.to breakἄρτονartonbreadἄρτος (artos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “bread”, the object formG740bread, a loaf, food.This verse uses “bread”.breadὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paulδιελέγετοdielegetopreachedδιαλέγομαι (dialegomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “preached”, an ongoing action in the pastG1256I converse, address, preach, lecture; I argue, reason.preachedαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themμέλλωνmellōnreadyμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “ready”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.readyἐξιέναιexienaito departἔξειμι (exeimi)verb, present active infinitive — “to depart”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1826(originally: I shall go out), I go out (away), depart.This verse uses “depart”.to departτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπαύριονepaurionon the morrowἐπαύριονadverb — “on the morrow”G1887tomorrow.on the morrowπαρέτεινένpareteinencontinuedπαρατείνω (parateinō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “continued”, an ongoing action in the pastG3905I extend, prolong, continue.continuedτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λόγονlogonhis speechλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “his speech”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.This verse uses “speech”.his speechμέχριmechriuntilμέχρι(ς) (mechris)preposition — “until”G3360as far as, until, even to.This verse uses “until”.untilμεσονυκτίουmesonuktioumidnightμεσονύκτιον (mesonuktion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “midnight”, the of-formG3317midnight, the middle of the period between sunset and sunrise.midnight

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, plural — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μαθητῶνmathētōnwhen the disciplesμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “when the disciples”, the of-formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And on the first of the week, the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the morrow, he was also continuing the discourse till midnight,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and prolonged his speech until midnight.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day; and continued his speech until midnight.

Darby Translation

And the first day of the week, we being assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, about to depart on the morrow. And he prolonged the discourse till midnight.

Douay-Rheims

And on the first day of the week, when we were assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, being to depart on the morrow: and he continued his speech until midnight.

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