Acts 20:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

sat. was sitting.

a. the.

window. Greek. thuris. Only here and 2 Corinthians 11:33. It was an opening with

young man. Greek. neanias. See note on Acts 7:58.

named. by name.

being fallen. being borne down. Greek. kataphero. Only in this verse and Acts 26:10. "Sunk down" is the same word.

into. by (dat.)

long. Literally for (Greek. epi.) more (than usual).

third loft. third storey. Greek. tristegon. Only here.

dead. a corpse. App-139. Greek. nekros.

Acts 20:9

9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.