Dear AV,
I'm a little concerned about the way you're reading Scripture. It seems to me that you're reading
into the text prior ideas (
eisegesis), rather than reading
out of the text what's really there (
exegesis).
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Originally Posted by AV1611  I don't think you are right here. Not least because, as I noted above, there is a difference between the "breaking of bread" in verse 42 is the Lord's supper whereas in verse 46 the "breaking bread" is likely a common meal. That is, they are not refering to the same thing. |
I don't know if you read my comments above but there is no way we can draw such a confident conclusion from Acts 2:42. It just simply isn't explicitly in the text. It seems to me you're reading prior commitments into the text.
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Originally Posted by AV1611 There is also the issue of whether the term "daily" in verse 46 is to mean "every day" or whether it is refering to "every day that they met". |
There is no mention of how often the "breaking of bread" occurred in Acts 2:42.
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Originally Posted by AV1611 There is also the issue that even if you are correct that verse 46 is referring to the Lord's supper and daily means "every day" Luke tells us later in Acts that the practice changed to it being celebrated weekly. |
Please read my post above carefully. That is simply not there in the text of Acts 20:7. It's obvious that Acts 20:7 was a meal from Acts 20:11.
Like I say, if you're going to defend weekly communion (something I'm not against) the best place to start is 1 Cor. 11, not Acts.
Blessings AV.