Acts 20:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁹ A certain young man, named Eutychus, fell sound asleep while sitting on an [open] window ledge [during the message]. Since Paul’s message continued [until nearly midnight] Eutychus was overcome by sleep and fell from the third floor to his death.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting in the window. He was borne down with deep sleep as Paul kept on talking still longer, and [finally] completely overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And there sat in the window a certain young man named Eutychus, borne down with deep sleep; and as Paul discoursed yet longer, being borne down by his sleep he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.

Common English Bible

⁹ A young man named Eutychus was sitting in the window. He was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third floor and died.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And a certain adolescent named Eutychus, sitting on the window sill, was being weighed down by a heavy drowsiness (for Paul was preaching at length). Then, as he went to sleep, he fell from the third floor room downward. And when he was lifted up, he was dead.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And a certain young man named Eutychus, sitting on the window, being oppressed with a deep sleep, (as Paul was long preaching,) by occasion of his sleep fell from the third loft down, and was taken up dead.

Acts 20:9 Cross References

Mark 13:36

[Be alert], for he might come unexpectedly and find you asleep.

Mark 9:26

The spirit shrieked and caused violent convulsions [in the boy], then came out of him. The boy appeared to be dead, so that most of the people were saying, “He is dead.”

Acts 14:19

But Jews came to [Lystra] from Antioch [in Pisidia] and Iconium. When they persuaded the crowds [to reject Paul’s message] they stoned him and dragged him out of town, assuming he was dead.

Acts 20:10

Paul hurried downstairs and placed himself on the young man and held him closely, saying [to the people gathered around], “Do not be upset, he is alive.”

Acts 20:7

And on the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday], when we [disciples] had gathered together to break bread [i.e., the Lord’s Supper. See I Cor. 11:20-24], Paul delivered a message that lasted until midnight, [since] he was planning to leave [Troas] the next day.

Acts 20:8

Now there were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting.