Acts 20:9

And a young man named Eutychus was sitting in a window and listening. And while Paul prolonged his discourse, he sunk into a deep sleep; and, in his sleep, he fell from the third loft, and was taken up as dead.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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 taken up dead.

In Context

8And there were many lamps burning in the chamber where we were assembled.

10And Paul went down, and bent over him and embraced him, and said: Be not agitated, for his soul is in him.

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Cross References

Mark 9:26And the demon cried out greatly, and bruised him, and came out. And he was as a dead person; so that many would say, he is dead.

Acts 14:19But Jews came hither from Iconium and Antioch, and excited the people against them. And they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

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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