Acts 20:7

On the first day ¹  of the week, when we met ²  to break bread, Paul began to speak ³  to the people, and because he intended ⁴  to leave the next day, he extended ⁵  his message until midnight.

Ne 8:3; Ne 9:3; Lu 22:19; Lu 24:35; Joh 20:1,19,26; Ac 2:42,46; Ac 20:9,11,31; Ac 20:11; Ac 28:23; 1Co 10:16; 1Co 11:17-21,33,34; 1Co 11:20-34; 1Co 15:10; 1Co 16:2; 2Ti 4:2; Re 1:10

¹ sn On the first day. This is the first mention of a Sunday gathering (1 Cor 16:2).

² tn Or “assembled.”

³ tn The verb διαλέγομαι (dialegomai) is frequently used of Paul addressing Jews in the synagogue. As G. Schrenk (TDNT 2:94-95) points out, “What is at issue is the address which any qualified member of a synagogue might give.” Other examples of this may be found in the NT in Matt 4:23 and Mark 1:21. In the context of a Christian gathering, it is preferable to translate διελέγετο (dielegeto) simply as “speak” here. The imperfect verb διελέγετο has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.

⁴ tn BDAG 628 s.v. μέλλω 1.c.γ has “denoting an intended action: intend, propose, have in mind…Ac 17:31; 20:3, 7, 13ab; 23:15; 26:2; 27:30.”

⁵ tn Or “prolonged.”