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After the furor died down, Sha'ul sent for the talmidim and encouraged them, then took his leave and set out on his way to Macedonia.
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He went through that area, and, after saying much to encourage them, passed on to Greece,
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where he spent three months. As he was preparing to set sail for Syria, he discovered a plot against him by the unbelieving Jews; so he changed his mind and decided to return by way of Macedonia.
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Sopater from Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; as did Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
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These men went on and waited for us in Troas,
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while we sailed from Philippi after the Days of Matzah. Five days later, we met them in Troas, where we spent a week.
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On Motza'ei-Shabbat, when we were gathered to break bread, Sha'ul addressed them. Since he was going to leave the next day, he kept talking until midnight.
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Now there were many oil lamps burning in the upstairs room where we were meeting,
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and there was a young fellow named Eutychus sitting on the window-sill. As Sha'ul's drash went on and on, Eutychus grew sleepier and sleepier; until finally he went sound asleep and fell from the third story to the ground. When they picked him up, he was dead.
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But Sha'ul went down, threw himself onto him, put his arms around him and said, "Don't be upset, he's alive!"