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A young man fell asleep during a long sermon
In Troas, Eutychus fell asleep while Paul talked until midnight, fell from a third-floor window and was picked up dead; Paul embraced him and he was alive. Acts 20:9–12
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Paul talked until midnight in an upper room with many lamps. Eutychus, sitting in a window, sank into a deep sleep and fell from the third story. Acts 20:7–9
Paul went down, embraced him and said "His life is in him." They brought the young man home alive and were greatly comforted. Acts 20:10–12
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Acts 20:9–12 WEB
9A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was taken up dead. 10Paul went down and fell upon him, and embracing him said, “Don’t be troubled, for his life is in him.” 11When he had gone up, had broken bread and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed. 12They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.
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A young man named Eutychus fell asleep while Paul was preaching late at night and fell out of a window! Paul went down to him, and he was alive.