Acts 20:12

Acts 20:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
• New International Version (NIV)The people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they brought the young man in alive, and they were not a little comforted.

Context of Acts 20:12

10But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!” 11Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed. And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive. 13We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot. 14And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.

Acts 20:12 word by word

ἤγαγον δὲ τὸν παῖδα ζῶντα καὶ παρεκλήθησαν οὐ μετρίως.¶Read the interlinear

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• were greatlyοὐou · noG3756
• were greatlyμετρίωςmetriōs · moderatelyG3357
• relievedπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• to takeἄγωagō · to bringG71
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• boyπαῖςpais · childG3816
• aliveζάωzaō · to liveG2198

Cross-references for Acts 20:12

• Acts 20:10But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”
• Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
• 2 Corinthians 1:4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
• Ephesians 6:22I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:2We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
• 1 Thessalonians 4:18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:11Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,

Commentaries on Acts 20:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Not a little comforted - By the fact that he was alive; perhaps also strengthened by the evidence that a miracle had been performed.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 Though the disciples read, and meditated, and prayed, and sung apart, and thereby kept up communion with God, yet they came together to worship God, and so kept up their communion with one another. They came together on the first day of the week, the Lord's day. It is to be religiously observed by all disciples of Christ. In the breaking of the bread, not only the breaking of Christ's body for us, to be a sacrifice for our sins, is remembered…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-12On the first day of the week, the early church remembered the resurrection of Jesus (see Mark 16:9; compare John 20:19; Revelation 1:10). This was Paul’s last visit to Troas. The believers met to share the Lord’s Supper (a meal that remembers Jesus’s death). This likely included both the bread and cup (communion) and a shared meal (compare Acts 2:42, 46; Jude 1:12). One notable part of this gathering was the quiet miracle involving Eutychus. He was a…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. Paul ... fell on him--like Elisha (2Ki 4:34). his life is in him--now restored; compare Mr 5:39.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 20:12

• Dead (People)
• Miracles
• Paul

In the dictionaries

• Appoint
• Bind
• Bishop
• Counsel
• Count
• Course
• Determine
• Draw
• Embrace
• Eutychus

Commentaries on Acts 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings