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The Lord brought in a Paul. The saints in Damascus were not prepared for such a one … Are we prepared to be small enough and to retain our smallness in order to avoid inflation by any circumstances? … so the three thousand are added (Acts 2:41). You say, Where did they meet, for there could be no hall in Jerusalem large enough to hold them, but the Holy Spirit says they broke bread in the houses (Acts 2:46); the Lord had been working in the saints' houses during His ministry and had prepared them. Such a service as the Lord's in Peter's house, as He stood over his wife's mother, is needed in our houses; He touched her, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered to them. He rebuked the fever, and it left her, and she served them, not only Him (Luke 4:39). When those three thousand were brought in there was great need of such service, indeed, all would be taxed in service. Doubtless there were many houses where Jesus had worked and they would be ready for the breaking of bread. If they broke bread in their houses, their houses must have been available, and they were all in it, wives and daughters would be ready. The breaking of bread is a family thought, and so they broke bread in the houses

J. Taylor Vol.18 pp.392,393