Raising of Eutychus
A young man dozed off during Paul's midnight sermon, fell three stories to his death - and Paul embraced him and raised him alive.
During a long night sermon by Paul in Troas, a young man named Eutychus, sitting in a third-story window, sank into a deep sleep and fell to his death below. Paul went down, embraced him, and declared that his life was in him; the young man was taken up alive, to the great comfort of all. Paul then continued teaching and breaking bread until daybreak. The account is a vivid, almost human snapshot of the early church's all-night gatherings, capped by God's power over death working through Paul.
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- Resurrection
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- New Testament
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- Paul
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His Life Is in Him
Acts 20:7-12
A young man falls to his death from a third-story window during Paul's long sermon; Paul embraces him and he is restored alive.
7nd upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Did You Know?
The young man fell asleep during one of Paul's very long sermons.
He dropped three stories to his death from a window.
Paul embraced him and declared his life was in him.
His name, Eutychus, fittingly means 'fortunate.'