"And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight." (Acts 20:7). In commenting on this verse of scripture, recognized scholars from various denominations have made the following observations:
ADAM CLARKE: (Methodist) Concerning the phrase, To break bread, intimation by this that they were accustomed to receive the holy sacrament on each Lord's Day.
THOMAS SCOTT: (Presbyterian) The ordinance seems to have been constantly administered every Lord's Day, and probably no professed Christians absented themselves from it after they had been admitted into the church.
DR. MASON: (Presbyterian) The Lord's Supper was observed by the first Christians every Lord's Day: nor will this be denied by any man who has candidly investigated the subject. There is a cloud of witnesses to testify they were kept by succeeding Christians with great care and tenderness, for about two centuries.
PHILIP DODDRIDGE: (Congregationalist) It is well known that the primitive Christian administered the Eucharist every Lord's Day.
DR. J.M.CAMP: (Baptist) The death of our Saviour is spiritually commemorated in the Lord's Supper, which, it is well known was observed by the primitive churches every Lord's Day.
ALEXANDER CARSON: (Baptist) There is an admirable wisdom in the appointment of Jesus in the observance of the Lord's Supper every first day of the week. Would it be any loss to them if all the churches of Christ were to return to this primitive practice?
JOHN WESLEY: (Methodist, Letter to America, 1784) I also advise the elders to administer the supper of the Lord every Lord's Day.
JOHN CALVIN: Truly this custom, which enjoins communing once a year is a most evident contrivance of the devil, by whose instrumentality so-ever it may have been determined. It is said of the believers in Jerusalem, "And they continued steadfastly in the apostle's doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers". (Acts 2:42). Wherever God's people are found assembled together on the first day of the week to worship as the New Testament instructs, the breaking of bread will be a part of that worship.
-------via, The Bible Instructor
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