*Acts 20:1-12
During a long sermon in Troas, Paul revives a young man named Eutychus who falls asleep and falls out a window.
- Paul’s Departure from Ephesus:
- After the riot subsides, Paul calls the disciples together to encourage them. Then, he departs for Macedonia.
- Ministry in Macedonia and Greece:
- Paul travels through the region, giving much encouragement to the followers there.
- He then spends three months in Greece where he continues to teach and strengthen the believers.
- Plot Against Paul and Change of Travel Plans:
- As Paul prepares to sail back to Syria, he discovers a plot against him by the Jews.
- To avoid the plot, he decides to return through Macedonia. Several companions accompany him, including Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Timothy, Tychicus, and Trophimus.
- Travel to Troas and a Week of Teaching:
- Paul and his companions travel to Troas, where they stay for seven days.
- During this time, Paul continues to teach and interact with the believers, taking the opportunity to strengthen and encourage the community.
- Eutychus’s Fall and Miraculous Recovery:
- On the first day of the week, when the believers gather to break bread, Paul speaks to them, intending to leave the next day. He prolongs his speech until midnight.
- In the upper room where they are gathered, many lamps are burning.
- A young man named Eutychus, sitting on the window sill, falls into a deep sleep as Paul talks on and on. Eventually, he falls from the third floor and is taken up dead.
- Paul goes down, throws himself on the young man, and embraces him, declaring, “Don’t be alarmed, he’s alive!”
- They return upstairs, break bread, and continue talking until dawn. Then Paul departs.
- Departure from Troas:
- The believers are greatly comforted by Eutychus’s recovery, and Paul continues on his journey.
Acts 20:1-12 teaches us the importance of encouragement and staying connected with others in our faith. Paul took time to strengthen and uplift believers wherever he went. Even when a young man named Eutychus fell from a window, Paul didn’t panic—he trusted God and brought him back to life. This reminds us to support and encourage one another, especially during tough times. We can apply this by building strong relationships in our faith community, offering encouragement to others, and trusting God’s power in every situation.
Acts 20:1-12 (WEB)
20:1 After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia. 2 When he had gone through those parts and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece. 3 When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia. 4 These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea, Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, Gaius of Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia. 5 But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas. 6 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.7 On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day; and continued his speech until midnight. 8 There were many lights in the upper room where we were gathered together. 9 A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was taken up dead. 10 Paul went down and fell upon him, and embracing him said, “Don’t be troubled, for his life is in him.”11 When he had gone up, had broken bread and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed. 12 They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.