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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Acts 20:11

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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broken bread and eaten--with what a mixture of awe and joy after such an occurrence! "And eaten"--denoting a common repast, as distinguished from the breaking of the eucharistic bread. and talked a long while, even till break of day--How lifelike this record of dear Christian fellowship, as free and gladsome as it was solemn! (See Ecc 9:7).
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