1 Corinthians 11:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. Every one taketh before - his own supper - They had a grand feast, though the different sects kept in parties by themselves; but all took as ample a supper as they could provide, (each bringing his own provisions with him), before they took what was called the Lord's Supper. See on 1 Corinthians 11:17 (note).