Acts 20:12
And they brought the child alive, and they were comforted greatly. (And they brought the young man home alive, and they were greatly comforted.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 40:1My people, be ye comforted, be ye comforted, saith your Lord God. (My people, be ye comforted, yea, be ye comforted, saith the Lord your God.)
Ephesians 6:22whom I sent to you for this same thing, (so) that ye know what things be about us, and that he comfort your hearts (or and so that he strengthen your hearts).
1 Thessalonians 4:18Therefore be ye comforted together in these words. (And so comfort ye or strengthen one another with these words.)
1 Thessalonians 5:14And, brethren, we pray you, reprove unpeaceable men, [or reprove ye, or chastise, unquiet men]. Comfort ye men of little heart, receive ye sick men, be ye patient to all men. (And, brothers, we beseech you, rebuke the unpeaceable, or chastise the troublesome. Strengthen men of faint heart, receive the frail, or support the weak, and be patient with all men.)
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 →