Here are the verses in question (NKJV, bold emphasis mine):
Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper. (1 Corinthians 11:20)
Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are out of your mind? (1 Corinthians 14:23)
I have two questions:
- Does the phrase which the New King James Version translates "in one place" (επὶ το αυτο) reference a "place," or can it simply refer to being "together" without referencing a specific "place"? (See NASB and ESV, which simply translate the phrase "together.")
- If the phrase translated "in one place" (επὶ το αυτο) does, in fact, reference a "place," does this suggest that the Corinthians had a room or building separate from their houses to meet in?