Acts 20:7-12

Eutychus Falls from a Window

7 And on the first [day] of the week, [when] we had assembled to break bread, Paul began conversing with them, [because he] was going to leave on the next day, and he extended [his] message until midnight.

8 Now there were quite a few lamps in the upstairs room where we were gathered.

9 And a certain young man {named} Eutychus who was sitting in the window was sinking into a deep sleep [while] Paul was conversing at length. Being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

10 But Paul went down [and] threw himself on him, and putting his arms around [him], said, "Do not be distressed, for his life is in him."

11 So he went up and broke bread, and [when he] had eaten and talked for a long [time], until dawn, then he departed.

12 And they led the youth away alive, and {were greatly} comforted.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("had assembled")
• [b]. *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began conversing")
• [c]. *Here "[because]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was going to") which is understood as causal
• [d]. *Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [e]. Literally "by name"
• [f]. *Here "[while]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was conversing")
• [g]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("went down") has been translated as a finite verb
• [h]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [i]. *This participle and the previous one ("went up") have been translated as finite verbs in keeping with English style
• [j]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had eaten") which is understood as temporal
• [k]. Literally "were not moderately"