Paul Goes to Macedonia and Greece
1 When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the believers[a] and encouraged them. Then he said good-bye and left for Macedonia. 2 While there, he encouraged the believers in all the towns he passed through. Then he traveled down to Greece, 3 where he stayed for three months. He was preparing to sail back to Syria when he discovered a plot by some Jews against his life, so he decided to return through Macedonia.
4 Several men were traveling with him. They were Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea; Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica; Gaius from Derbe; Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. 5 They went on ahead and waited for us at Troas. 6 After the Passover[b] ended, we boarded a ship at Philippi in Macedonia and five days later joined them in Troas, where we stayed a week.
Paul’s Final Visit to Troas
7 On the first day of the week, we gathered with the local believers to share in the Lord’s Supper.[c] Paul was preaching to them, and since he was leaving the next day, he kept talking until midnight. 8 The upstairs room where we met was lighted with many flickering lamps. 9 As Paul spoke on and on, a young man named Eutychus, sitting on the windowsill, became very drowsy. Finally, he fell sound asleep and dropped three stories to his death below. 10 Paul went down, bent over him, and took him into his arms. “Don’t worry,” he said, “he’s alive!” 11 Then they all went back upstairs, shared in the Lord’s Supper,[d] and ate together. Paul continued talking to them until dawn, and then he left. 12 Meanwhile, the young man was taken home unhurt, and everyone was greatly relieved.
3 comments:
Not to self, do not doze off on a high window ledge. It is interesting that we do not gather together and share the Lord's supper except at church.
Blessings
cas
Good point, cas. I wonder if that's because we (think we) need someone in authority to administer the process? Seems like that may be rooted in tradition. Yet if we understand the point of the bread and the cup, do we need anyone else to lead us through the process? Isn't this essentially what we do when we give thanks before ANY meal?
tba
@tba... i think "sharing in the Lord's supper" is much more than simply giving thanks, but agree that we often rely too much on "church authority" to tell us when to have communion and such. good point.
a loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and Thou (my Lord)... anyone?
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