Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 11:20

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20. When . . . therefore —Resuming the thread of discourse from :- . 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 ( 1 Corinthians 11:33 ), where some are "drunken," while others are "hungry" ( 1 Corinthians 11:21 ). The love-feast usually preceded the Lord's Supper (as eating the Passover came before the Lord's Supper at the first institution of the latter). It was a club-feast, where each brought his portion, and the rich, extra portions for the poor; from it the bread and wine were taken for the Eucharist; and it was at it that the excesses took place, which made a true celebration of the Lord's Supper during or after it, with true discernment of its solemnity, out of the question. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-21" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-1co-11-003

절 (explains)

bible-text/1co-11-20

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological