[Gerhard Ebersöhn]

I don’t read more into this verse than tradition does, that reads into it that Paul ‘PREACHED’ on the First Day; that reads into it that Paul ‘preached’ ALL NIGHT; that reads into it that there were far more people there than those mentioned in the context, etc., like that Paul raised the dead. I STRICTLY stay with the Facts of the Text! I don’t read more into it because I don’t NEED to, whereas tradition cannot do without reading too much into this text otherwise they have NO text in the whole of the NT to base Sunday-observance on and must READ IT INTO the NT at this place or admit defeat.

[Ken4TA]

Please tell me where I read anything into the verse that is not there. Your "STILL being assembling" is not what the word "sunegmenon" means in our English language. There is no "y" in the Greek word, it is a "upsilon", i.e., a "u" in our English alphabet, not a "y". Also, your putting the English letter "h" in the word as your way to "transliterate" the word into English is questionable to say the least - it's a guttural "jot" or "tittle" in the Greek language.

Here is a better translation of Acts 20:7 - "And on day one of the sabbaths, the disciples having been gathered to break bread, Paul reasoned with them, being about to exit the next day, and he extended the word until midnight."

You may not agree with the above, but it is very much in line with what Luke wrote in Acts 20:7. However, I do applaud you for the attempt you have made trying to translate the Greek of Eberhard Nestle. There is a similar term in verse 8 to the one discussed (sunegmenon), and that term is "sunegmenoi", which translates as "gathered together". Check it out. I'll say more in a day or so as I do some more checking concerning something else you said in this post!

Keep working! You'll eventually get it!