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, put his arms around him, and said, “Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!” 11Then Paul went back upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them a long time, until dawn. Then he left. They took the boy home alive and were greatly comforted. 13We went on ahead to the ship and put out to sea for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. He himself was intending to go there by land. 14When he met us in Assos, we took him aboard and went 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 20:10But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, put his arms around him, and said, “Do not be distressed, for 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 may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble 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 our circumstances 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 you and encourage you about your faith,
• 1 Thessalonians 4:18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:11Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave 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