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ButδὲPaulὁ Παῦλοςwent downκαταβὰςandthrew himself onἐπέπεσενhim,αὐτῷandκαὶembracing himσυμπεριλαβὼνsaid,εἶπεν“Do notΜὴbe alarmed,θορυβεῖσθεforγὰρhisαὐτοῦlifeἡ ψυχὴisἐστινinἐνhim.”αὐτῷ
Acts 20:10
Study it in the app“But Paul went down and threw himself on him, and embracing him said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 20:10, word by word
- PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulos” appears- went downκαταβὰςkatabas
go down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katabas” appears- threw himself onἐπέπεσενepepesen
throw oneself
To throw oneself on someone, hug or press around them.
Where else “epepesen” appears- embracing himσυμπεριλαβὼνsymperilabōn
embrace
Embrace, put one's arms around someone.
Where else “symperilabōn” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- be alarmedθορυβεῖσθεthorybeisthe
make an uproar
Be in an uproar, make a commotion; be troubled.
Where else “thorybeisthe” appears- lifeψυχὴpsychē
life
Literally "soul": one's being alive, which can be saved, lost or given.
Where else “psychē” appears- isἐστινestin
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “estin” appears
The context
9And a certain young man named Eutychus, sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on, overcome by sleep, fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.
10 · This verse (above)
11And when he had gone up and broken bread and eaten, and talked with them a long while, until daybreak, then he departed.
To study Acts 20 in a group
1. What it says
What happens to Eutychus while Paul speaks for so long, and how does the night end? (vv. 7-12)
2. What it means
In his farewell to the Ephesian elders, Paul recalls Jesus' words about giving. What do they say, and why does he quote them? (vv. 33-35)
3. How I live it
Paul worked with his hands to help the weak (vv. 34-35). What can you give someone today, in time or attention?