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1 Corinthians 11:20

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— When ye come together therefore into one place, [this] is not to eat the Lord's supper.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord's supper:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord's supper:
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— When therefore ye come together in one place, [this] is not to eat the Lord's supper.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— When ye come therefore together into one place, it is not to eat [the] Lord's supper.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— When, therefore, ye come together into one place, it is not to eat, a supper unto the Lord;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— ye, then, coming together at the same place—it is not to eat the Lord's supper;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— When you come therefore together into one place, it is not now to eat the Lord's supper.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eate the Lords Supper.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— When yee come together therefore into one place, [this is] not to eate the Lords Supper.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— When you gather together therefore, you do not eat and drink as is appropriate on the day of our Lord.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— When then you are assembled, not as befitteth the day of the Lord you eat and drink,
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— When therefore ye come together, ye eat and drink, not as is becoming on the day of our Lord.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
When ye 5216
{5216} Prime
ὑμῶν
humon
{hoo-mone'}
Genitive case of G5210; of (from or concerning) you.
come together 4905
{4905} Prime
συνέρχομαι
sunerchomai
{soon-er'-khom-ahee}
From G4862 and G2064; to convene, depart in company with, associate with, or (specifically) cohabit (conjugally).
z5740
<5740> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Middle or Passive Deponent (See G5790)
Mood - Participle (See G5796)
Count - 544
therefore 3767
{3767} Prime
οὖν
oun
{oon}
Apparently a primary word; (adverbially) certainly, or (conjugationally) accordingly.
into 1909
{1909} Prime
ἐπί
epi
{ep-ee'}
A primary preposition properly meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution [with the genitive case], that is, over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
one place, 846
{0846} Prime
αὐτός
autos
{ow-tos'}
From the particle αὖ [[au]] (perhaps akin to the base of G0109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.
[this] is 2076
{2076} Prime
ἐστί
esti
{es-tee'}
Third person singular present indicative of G1510; he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are.
z5748
<5748> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - No Voice Stated (See G5799)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 1612
not 3756
{3756} Prime
οὐ
ou
{oo}
A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not.
to eat 5315
{5315} Prime
φάγω
phago
{fag'-o}
A primary verb (used as an alternate of G2068 in certain tenses); to eat (literally or figuratively).
z5629
<5629> Grammar
Tense - Second Aorist (See G5780)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Infinitive (See G5795)
Count - 454
the Lord's 2960
{2960} Prime
κυριακός
kuriakos
{koo-ree-ak-os'}
From G2962; belonging to the Lord (Jehovah or Jesus).
supper. 1173
{1173} Prime
δεῖπνον
deipnon
{dipe'-non}
From the same as G1160; dinner, that is, the chief meal (usually in the evening).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

1 Corinthians 11:20

_ _ When ... therefore — Resuming the thread of discourse from 1 Corinthians 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 (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.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:17-22.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Corinthians 11:20

Therefore — That is, in consequence of those schisms. It is not eating the Lord's supper — That solemn memorial of his death; but quite another thing.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

1 Corinthians 11:20

When ye come together therefore into one place, [this] is (g) not to eat the Lord's supper.

(g) This is a usual metaphor by which the apostle flatly denies that which many did not do well.

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this is not to eat:
or, ye cannot eat,
1 Corinthians 11:20 When ye come together therefore into one place, [this] is not to eat the Lord's supper.
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