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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!"
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Then he went back upstairs, broke the bread and ate. He continued talking with them till daylight, then left.
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So, greatly relieved, they brought the boy home alive.
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We went on ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, where we were planning to take Sha'ul aboard - he had arranged this because he wanted to go there by land.
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After he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
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The next day, we sailed from there and arrived off Chios; the following day, we crossed over to Samos; and the day after that, we reached Miletus.