English Standard Version
Acts 20:12
12And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they brought the young man in alive, and they were not a little comforted.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Meanwhile, the young man was taken home alive and well, and everyone was greatly relieved.
Context of Acts 20:12
10But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him." 11And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed. And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted. 13But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land. 14And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene.
Read all of Acts 20Acts 20:12 word by word
ἤγαγον δὲ τὸν παῖδα ζῶντα καὶ παρεκλήθησαν οὐ μετρίως.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Acts 20:12
- Acts 20:10But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him."
- Isaiah 40:1Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
- 2 Corinthians 1:4who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
- Ephesians 6:22I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:2and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
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
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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
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