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A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.
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Commentators like John Calvin and John Gill defend Eutychus, urging readers not to judge him harshly. They highlight that his sleep wasn't due to laziness but to understandable human frailty—it was after midnight, Paul's sermon was long, the room was hot and crowded, and he was a young man. His struggle against sleep shows he wasn't indifferent, reminding us to have grace for physical limitations.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And there sat in a window. The window was left open, probably to avoid the malice of their enemies, who might otherwise be disposed to cha…
Sat (καθεζομενος). Sitting (present middle participle describing his posture).
In the window (επ της θυριδ…
19th Century
Anglican
There sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus . . .—The name, like those of kindred meaning, such as Felix, Felicia, Felicissim…
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“As Paul talked on and on,” Eutychus went to sleep and fell to his death. He may simply have been bored by Paul’s long discussion, though Luke’s re…
16th Century
Protestant
When he was fallen into a deep sleep. I see no reason why some interpreters should so harshly and sharply condemn the young man's drowsine…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And there sat in a window a certain young man In the upper room, where he placed himself, either for air and refresh…
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