and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead. 10 But Paul went down, bent over him, embraced him, and said, “Don’t be alarmed, because he’s alive.”(A) 11 After going upstairs, breaking the bread, and eating, Paul talked a long time until dawn. Then he left.

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Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. 10 Paul went down, threw himself on the young man(A) and put his arms around him. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “He’s alive!”(B) 11 Then he went upstairs again and broke bread(C) and ate. After talking until daylight, he left.

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