Acts 20:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.”
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“Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked--till daylight, so he went forth,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 20:11 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 20:7On 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 20:9And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.
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