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They brought the boy alive, and were not a little comforted.
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More Than "A Little" Comfort
The phrase "not a little comforted" is a literary device (litotes) that actually means the opposite. As scholar A.T. Robertson points out, Luke uses this expression to emphasize that the believers were, in fact, greatly comforted. The restoration of Eutychus brought immense joy and relief to the church.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Not a little comforted. By the fact that he was alive; perhaps also strengthened by the evidence that a miracle had been worked.
They brought the lad alive (ηγαγον τον παιδα ζωντα). Second aorist active indicative of αγω. Evidently the special friends of the …
There is no hint that Paul took the incident as a rebuke for long-windedness. Nor were the people troubled by the meeting’s length. They were eager…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they brought the young man alive Up into the upper room, and presented him alive to the disciples:
Although the disciples read, meditated, prayed, and sang separately, and in this way maintained communion with God, they also came together to wors…
