Study it in the app“And 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.”
Andδέa certainτιςyoung manνεανίαςnamedὀνόματιEutychus,Εὔτυχοςsittingκαθεζόμενοςonἐπὶthe window sill,τῆς θυρίδοςsinkingκαταφερόμενοςinto a deepβαθεῖsleepὕπνῳas Paulτοῦ Παύλουtalkedδιαλεγομένουon and on,ἐπὶ πλεῖονovercomeκατενεχθεὶςbyἀπὸsleep,τοῦ ὕπνουfellἔπεσενdownκάτωfromἀπὸthe third storyτοῦ τριστέγουandκαὶwas picked upἤρθηdead.νεκρός
young man
Young man.
Where else “neanias” appearsname
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appearsEutychus
Eutychus, a young man of Troas who fell from a window; his name means "fortunate".
Where else “Eutychos” appearssit down
Sit down.
Where else “kathezomenos” appearswindow
Window, an opening in a wall.
Where else “thyridos” appearsbe overcome
To be slowly mastered, as by sleep.
Where else “katapheromenos” appearsdeep
Deep.
Where else “bathei” appearssleep
Sleep.
Where else “hypnōi” appearsPaul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulou” appearsaddress
To address someone at length.
Where else “dialegomenou” appearsmore
Abundantly, often, or to a still higher degree.
Where else “pleion” appearsfall
To go from above down to the ground.
Where else “epesen” appearsbelow
Below, down; "from below".
Where else “katō” appearsthird floor
Third floor of a house.
Where else “tristegou” appearspick up
To lift something from the ground or take it in one's hands.
Where else “ērthē” appearsdead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekros” appears8And there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.
9 · This verse (above)
10But Paul went down and threw himself on him, and embracing him said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.”
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?
