Acts 20:12

And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.

In Context

11Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.

13We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

Ephesians 6:22I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.

1 Thessalonians 4:18Therefore encourage one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 5:14And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

Matthew Henry on Acts 20:8-13

Paul Preaches at Troas; The Recovery of Eutychus. 7 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. 8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. 9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was… Read the whole commentary →

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