Acts 20:10

So Paul went down, threw himself on him and embracing him said, “Do not be distressed, because his life is in him!”

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In The King James Version

And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.

In Context

9Well a certain young man named Eutychus sat in a window and was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking; when he was overcome by the sleep he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

11Then he went back up and broke bread, ate, and kept on speaking until daybreak—that is how he left!

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Cross References

Mark 5:39So upon entering He said to them: “Why are you making such a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but is asleep.”

John 11:11Having said these things He says to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going in order to awaken him.”

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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