Acts 20:7-12
New American Standard Bible
7 On (A)the first day of the week, when (B)we were gathered together to (C)break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his [a]message until midnight. 8 There were many (D)lamps in the (E)upstairs room where we were gathered together. 9 And there was a young man named [b]Eutychus sitting [c]on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, Eutychus was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor, and was picked up dead. 10 But Paul went down and (F)fell upon him, and after embracing him, he (G)said, “[d]Do not be troubled, for [e]he is still alive.” 11 When Paul had gone back up and had (H)broken the bread and [f]eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left. 12 They took away the boy alive, and were [g]greatly comforted.
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- Acts 20:7 Lit word, speech
- Acts 20:9 Eutychus means good fortune; i.e., “Lucky”
- Acts 20:9 Or at the window
- Acts 20:10 Or Stop being troubled
- Acts 20:10 Lit his soul is in him
- Acts 20:11 Lit tasted
- Acts 20:12 Lit not moderately
Acts 20:7-12
Lexham English Bible
Eutychus Falls from a Window
7 And on the first day of the week, when[a] we had assembled to break bread, Paul began conversing[b] with them, because he[c] was going to leave on the next day, and he extended his[d] 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[e] Eutychus who was sitting in the window was sinking into a deep sleep while[f] 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[g] threw himself on him, and putting his arms around him,[h] said, “Do not be distressed, for his life is in him.” 11 So he went up and broke bread,[i] and when he[j] had eaten and talked for a long time, until dawn, then he departed. 12 And they led the youth away alive, and were greatly[k] comforted.
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- Acts 20:7 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“had assembled”)
- Acts 20:7 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began conversing”)
- Acts 20:7 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was going to”) which is understood as causal
- Acts 20:7 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Acts 20:9 Literally “by name”
- Acts 20:9 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was conversing”)
- Acts 20:10 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went down”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 20:10 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 20:11 *This participle and the previous one (“went up”) have been translated as finite verbs in keeping with English style
- Acts 20:11 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had eaten”) which is understood as temporal
- Acts 20:12 Literally “were not moderately”
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