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Acts 20:9

EutychusPaul
ExhaustionDeath and loss

7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.

8 Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.

And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

10 But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”

11 Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.

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BSB
And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.
KJV
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.
WEB
A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was taken up dead.
ASV
And there sat in the window a certain young man named Eutychus, borne down with deep sleep; and as Paul discoursed yet longer, being borne down by his sleep he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.
DARBY
And a certain youth, by name Eutychus, sitting at the window-opening, overpowered by deep sleep, while Paul discoursed very much at length, having been overpowered by the sleep, fell from the third story down to the bottom, and was taken up dead.
BLB
And a certain young man named Eutychus was sitting by the window, overcome by deep sleep, Paul talking on longer. Having been overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.
ÅB
Men en ung mann ved navn Eutykus satt i vinduet og var falt i dyp søvn, da Paulus talte med dem i lang tid, og i søvne styrtet han ut og falt ned fra tredje stokkverk, Og ble tatt død opp.
OTB
En ung mann ved navn Evtykus satt i vinduskarmen, og falt i dyp søvn mens Paulus holdt en lang tale. Overveldet av søvn, falt han ned fra tredje etasje og ble plukket opp død.
B1930
Men en ung mann ved navn Eutykus satt i vinduet og var falt i dyp søvn, da Paulus talte med dem i lang tid, og i søvne styrtet han ut og falt ned fra tredje stokkverk, Og blev tatt død op.

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Cross references

  • Mark 13:36

    Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.

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  • Matthew 26:40–41

    Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.

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  • Mark 9:26

    After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”

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  • Jonah 1:5–6

    The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

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  • Acts 14:19

    Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.

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  • 1 Kings 17:19

    But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

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