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11. ἀναβὰς δέ, and when he was gone up. The Apostle’s calmness, as well as his words, was not without effect on the congregation. He returns to the upper room, and the unfinished act of worship is completed.
καὶ κλάσας τὸν ἄρτον, and had broken the bread, i.e. the bread of the Eucharistic service. The sermón came first (Act 20:9) and then the Lord’s Supper.
καὶ γευσάμενος, and eaten, i.e. partaken of the more substantial meal of the ‘Agapè.’ This, in the early Church followed after the Communion.
ἐφ' ἱκανόν τε ὁμιλήσας, and had talked with them a long while. ὁμιλέω means the talking of friendly intercourse. The previous discourse had been on more solemn subjects; the spread of Christ’s kingdom and the part which each of them might take in helping it forward.
For ἐφ' ἱκανόν cf. 2Ma 8:25 συνδιώξαντες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐφ' ἱκανὸν ἀνέλυσαν.