Acts 20:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 who went on ahead and waited for us[a] at Troas.(A) 6 We sailed from Philippi after the feast of Unleavened Bread,[b] and rejoined them five days later in Troas, where we spent a week.
Eutychus Restored to Life. 7 On the first day of the week[c] when we gathered to break bread, Paul spoke to them because he was going to leave on the next day, and he kept on speaking until midnight.
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- 20:5 The second “we-section” of Acts begins here. See note on Acts 16:10–17.
- 20:6 Feast of Unleavened Bread: see note on Lk 22:1.
- 20:7 The first day of the week: the day after the sabbath and the first day of the Jewish week, apparently chosen originally by the Jerusalem community for the celebration of the liturgy of the Eucharist in order to relate it to the resurrection of Christ.
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