![]() ![]() 202, say: Similarly, in the New Testament, Sabbaton, or Sabbata, with the meaning of the week is used only in the genitive dependent on a numeral to indicate a day (only of Sunday), Matthew 28:1 Mark 16:2 Luke 24:1 John 20:1 I Corinthians 16:2. Foakes Jackson and Kirsop Lake in Beginnings of Christianity, Vol. Sabbatonthe form is plural but the meaning is singular. Such scholars as Harper, Moulton, Gesenius, Winer, Thayer, et al, agree, saying, Like Hebrew it is put for the ordinal (Acts 20:7). This is also true of the Hebrew from which it was derived. Other references in which this is used are: Matthew 28:1 Mark 16:2 John 20:19. Mia: In the New Testament, the cardinal number one stands for the ordinal number first. This is a lesson that nearly half of our people have not yet learned! In Acts 20:7, we have another example indicating the time on which those early disciples met to eat the Lord's Supper, on the first day of the week when the disciples came together to break bread. ∺nd they steadfastly persevered, devoting themselves constantly (Amp). They were constant in attendance (Wey). Some of the translations have it: They were regularly present (TCNT). This means, to persist in adherence to a thing to be intently engaged in to attend constantly to unremitting continuance to a thing to be devoted to (Thayer). With what frequency did the Christians in the New Testament, in association with the Apostles and under the guidance and surveillance of the Holy Spirit, eat the Lord's Supper? Luke, in Acts 2:42, says they continued steadfastly in the breaking of the bread, and in prayers. 474), but it is also an acted sermon, an acted proclamation of the death which it commemorates to, 'proclaim the Lord's death till He comes' (I Corinthians 11:26). It is a thanks offering of our persons to Christ, who died for us that we might live for Him (Schaff, Vol. This is what Paul was talking about in I Corinthians 10:16-17, when he asked, The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we, though many, are one bread and one body for we all partake of that one bread. Partaking of one bread creates fellowship between the members too it merges them into one body, the church (G. The Supper is a personal fellowship with Christ. Union of believers with the Savior, whereby they truly, that is spiritually and by faith, receive Christ with all His benefits, and are nourished with His life unto eternal life (Schaff, History of the Christian Church, Vol. The Lord's Supper is a commemorative ordinance, a memorial of Christ's atoning sacrifice on the cross. ![]() Knowling, Expositor's Greek New Testament). The introduction of the in this quotation seems to emphasize here the Lord's Supper as distinct from the social meals of verse 46, where the Christians shared their food with gladness and simplicity of heart (R.J. Those baptized on Pentecost in Jerusalem continued steadfastly in the breaking of the bread (Acts 2:42). What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you (I Corinthians 11:20-22). ![]() Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper. This can be clearly seen as Paul made clear in his letter to the Corinthians. The Lord's Supper had been instituted by Jesus and handed down to the apostles who taught the early Christians. The Corinthians had perverted the Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper is not the agape, the name of the love feasts of the early Christians, the meals provided by the members of the church for religious fellowship and especially for charity for the poor and the widows of the Christian community. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.' For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes (I Corinthians 11:23-26). ∿or I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, 'Take, eat this is My body which is broken for you do this in remembrance of Me.' In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in My blood.
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