Acts 20:10

Acts 20:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Paul went down, fell on him, and embracing him said, “Do not trouble yourselves, for his life is in him.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Paul went down, bent over him, and took him into his arms. “Don’t worry,” he said, “he’s alive!”

Context of Acts 20:10

8There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting. 9Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “He’s alive!” 11Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left. 12The people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.

Acts 20:10 word by word

καταβὰς δὲ ὁ Παῦλος ἐπέπεσεν αὐτῷ καὶ συμπεριλαβὼν εἶπεν· μὴ θορυβεῖσθε· ἡ γὰρ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ ἐστιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• went downκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• and fellἐπιπίπτωepipiptō · to fall/press uponG1968
• on himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• embracingσυμπεριλαμβάνωsumperilambanō · to embraceG4843
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Troubleθορυβέωthorubeō · to make commotionG2350
• notμήmē · notG3361
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• lifeψυχήpsuchē · soul: lifeG5590
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722

Cross-references for Acts 20:10

• 1 Kings 17:21Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”
• 2 Kings 4:34Then he got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands. As he stretched himself out on him, the boy’s body grew warm.
• Matthew 9:24he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him.
• Mark 5:39He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”
• Luke 7:13When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”
• John 11:11After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”

Commentaries on Acts 20:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10And Paul - fell on him - ͅ, Stretched himself upon him, in the same manner as Elisha did on the Shunammite's son, 2 Kings 4:33-35; though the action of lying on him, in order to communicate warmth to the flesh, might not have been continued so long as in the above instance; nor indeed was it necessary, as the natural warmth had not yet left the body of Eutychus; but the son of the Shunammite had been some time dead.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And fell on him … - Probably stretching himself on him as Elisha did on the Shunammite‘s son, 2 Kings 4:33-35. It was an act of tenderness and compassion, evincing a strong desire to restore him to life. Trouble not yourselves - They would doubtless be thrown into great consternation by such an event. Paul therefore endeavoured to compose their minds by the assurance that he would live. For his life is in him - He is restored to life. This has all the…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 20:10

• Dead (People)
• Eutychus
• Miracles
• Paul

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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