1 Corinthians 11:20 BSB

1 Corinthians 11:20

Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s supper:

KJV

When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

This is not to eat the Lord’s Supper - They did not come together to eat the Lord’s Supper exclusively, which they should have done, and not have made it a part of an ordinary meal.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They might as well have staid away. Thus to eat the outward elements was not to eat Christ's body. Note, There is a careless and irregular eating of the Lord's supper which is as none at all; it will turn to no account, but to increase guilt.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

When . . . therefore--Resuming the thread of discourse from 1Co 11:18. this is not to--rather, "there is no such thing as eating the LORD'S Supper"; it is not possible where each is greedily intent only on devouring "HIS OWN supper," and some are excluded altogether, not having been waited for (1Co 11:33), where some are "drunken," while others are "hungry" (1Co 11:21).

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
συνερχομένων	sunerchomenōn	Coming	G4905 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
ἐπὶ	epi	together	G1909 →
τὸ	to	in one	G3588 →
αὐτὸ	auto	place	G846 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔστιν	estin	it is	G1510 →
κυριακὸν	kuriakon	[the] Lord’s	G2960 →
δεῖπνον	deipnon	supper	G1173 →
φαγεῖν·	phagein	to eat;	G5315 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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