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Acts 20

Acts 20:12

Eutychus Revived at Troas · Acts 20:7–12
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Translations

Modern
And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.
Traditional
And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
Literal
Then they brought the boy alive and were not just a little comforted.
Latin
Adduxerunt autem puerum viventem, et consolati sunt non minime.

Original

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

Notes

Acts 20:7–12

  • On the first day of the week, the early church remembered the resurrection of Jesus (see Mark 16:9; compare John 20:19; Revelation 1:10).

  • This was Paul’s last visit to Troas. The believers met to share the Lord’s Supper (a meal that remembers Jesus’s death). This likely included both the bread and cup (communion) and a shared meal (compare Acts 2:42, 46; Jude 1:12).

  • One notable part of this gathering was the quiet miracle involving Eutychus. He was a young man who fell asleep while sitting in a window. He fell three stories and died. Paul went down, bent over him, and took him in his arms. Then Eutychus was restored to life (God brought him back to life through Paul; compare Acts 9:36–41).

Acts 20:5–15

This is another of the “we” passages in Acts (sections where Luke includes himself in the story; see study note on 16:10). Luke likely joined Paul again at Philippi, where he had stayed some years earlier. He then traveled with Paul to Jerusalem (21:1–18).

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul)

Events

Parallels

2 Kings 4:18–37

Glossary

Book of the Acts of the Apostles Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Elder Eutychus Letter to the Colossians Letter to the Romans Lord’s Day Luke (Person) Luke, Gospel of Paul the Apostle Resurrection Travel Troas

Topics

Dead (People): Eutychus Miracles of the Disciples of Jesus: Raises Eutychus to Life Miracles Wrought Through Servants of God: Paul: Eutychus Restored to Life Paul: Visits Troas The Dead: Instances of, Restored by Christ