Acts 20:10

Paul went down, stretched himself out upon him, and hugged him. “Don't worry, he's alive,” he said.

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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

9A young man called Eutychus was sitting in the window, and he began feeling very sleepy. As Paul went on speaking he fell sound asleep and tumbled down from the third story. When they picked him up they found he was dead.

11Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate together with them. He went on talking with them until dawn came, and then he left.

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:34Then he got on the bed and lay on top of the boy, and put his mouth on the boy's mouth, his eyes on the boy's eyes, his hands on the boy's hands. As he stretched out on him, the boy's body warmed up.

Mark 5:39He went in and asked them, “Why are you making such a commotion with all this crying? The little girl isn't dead, she's just sleeping.”

John 11:11After telling them this, he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm going to go there and wake him up!”

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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