Eutychus Falls from the Window

On the first day of the week, the group gathered to break bread in an upper room in Troas where many lamps were burning (Acts 20:7-8). Paul, intending to depart the next day, spoke to the assembly and prolonged his speech until midnight. A young man named Eutychus was sitting in a window and was overcome by deep sleep as Paul continued to speak (Acts 20:9). The text does not say why Eutychus chose to sit in the window or the specific topics of Paul's discourse.

While asleep, Eutychus fell down from the third story and was picked up dead (Acts 20:9). Paul went down, fell on him, and took him in his arms, telling the onlookers not to be alarmed because the man's life was in him (Acts 20:10). The text does not say whether Paul performed a specific physical action other than embracing him, nor does it describe the reaction of the crowd during the immediate fall.

After this event, Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. He continued to converse with the group for a long time, until daybreak, and then he departed (Acts 20:11). The text does not say what Paul ate or what was discussed during the final hours of the morning. The people eventually brought the young man away alive and were greatly comforted by the outcome (Acts 20:12).