A man hears that the Apostle Paul is going to speak in his town for one day only, then leave town the following day. A big fan of Paul, he is so excited that he makes every effort to hear what the great man has to say. Getting to the building late, he finds that all the seats are taken and there is no room even to stand. He is not dismayed, he moves to the second level only to find the same thing. He moves to the third level and finds the crowd standing shoulder to shoulder. Desperate, he sees a place no one has noticed. He works his way to an arched window and nestles on the window ledge. Three floors high, he is able to hear Paul preach and teach.
Paul is leaving town the next day, but the crowd begs him to talk a little longer. Paul talks late into the evening. As midnight approaches, the crowd and all the lamps make the room uncomfortably warm. Eutychus, the man sitting curled up on the third story window ledge begins to grow sleepy. Closing his eyes, he strains to hear Paul, but the inevitable happens, and he falls into a deep sleep.
"When he was sound asleep he fell to the ground from the third story
and was picked up dead." Acts 20:9
The crowd was shocked and quickly gathered around Eutychus fearing the worst. It was apparent the injury was fatal when they couldn't get him to respond after falling three stories onto hard ground.
“Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him." "Don't be alarmed”, he said. “He’s alive.” Acts 20:10
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