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

10So Paul went down the stairs to them all. He lay on top of the young man and held him with his arms. Then Paul said to them all, ‘Do not be afraid. He is still alive.’ 11Paul went back upstairs. He shared bread with the believers and he ate more food. Paul talked to them for a long time, until the sun rose in the morning. Then he left Troas. The other believers took Eutychus to his home. They were very happy because he was alive. 13Paul decided to travel to Assos across the land. But we got on a ship and we sailed to Assos. We agreed with Paul that we would wait for him there. 14When he met us at Assos, he came on the ship with us. Then we all sailed to Mitylene.

Acts 20:12 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• they broughtἄγωagō · to bringG71
• the young manὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the young manπαῖςpais · childG3816
• aliveζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• wereπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• notοὐou · noG3756
• a littleμετρίωςmetriōs · moderatelyG3357

Cross-references for Acts 20:12

• Acts 20:10So Paul went down the stairs to them all. He lay on top of the young man and held him with his arms. Then Paul said to them all, ‘Do not be afraid. He is still alive.’
• Isaiah 40:1Your God says, ‘Comfort my people. Yes, comfort them.
• 2 Corinthians 1:4Whenever we have trouble, he comforts us. Because of that, we ourselves can comfort other people. When they have any kind of trouble, we can comfort them, in the same way that God has comforted us.
• Ephesians 6:22That is the reason why I am sending him to you. I want him to tell you what is happening to us here, so that you will feel stronger.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:18Because this message is true, tell it to each other. Help one another to be strong, not sad.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:11Because of that, you should help each other to become stronger as believers. I know that you are already doing that.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16We ask our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, our Father, to help you. God has shown that he loves us very much. He has helped us to be brave and strong for all time. We continue to hope for the good things that will come. Yes, God has been very kind to us!

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