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first, &c. = first day of the sabbaths, i.e. the first day for reckoning the seven sabbaths to Pentecost. It depended upon the harvest (Deu_16:9), and was always from the morrow after the weekly sabbath when the wave sheaf was presented (Lev_23:15). In Joh_20:1 this was the fourth day after the Crucifixion, "the Lord's Passover. "Compare App-156. This was by Divine ordering. But in A.D. 57 it was twelve days after the week of unleavened bread, and therefore more than a fortnight later than in A.D. 29.
the disciples. The texts read "we".
came together = were gathered together, as in Act_20:8.
break bread. See note on Act_2:42.
preached. Greek. dialegomai. Often translated "reason". See note on Act_17:2.
unto = to.
ready = being about. Same as in verses: Act_20:20, Act_20:3, Act_20:13, Act_20:38,
depart. Greek. exeimi. See note on Act_13:42.
continued = was extending. Greek. parateino. Only here.
his speech = the word. Greek. logos, as in Act_20:2.