Overview
During Paul's final visit to Troas, he gathered with the church to break bread and preach. A young man named Eutychus, sitting in a window on the third story, fell into a deep sleep as Paul spoke late into the night. He fell from the window and was taken up dead, but Paul went down, embraced him, and declared that his life had returned to him. The believers were greatly comforted.
Key Scriptures
"And a young man named Eutychus was sitting in the window. He sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead." (Acts 20:9, ESV)
"But Paul went down and bent over him, and embracing him said, 'Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.'" (Acts 20:10, ESV)
"And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed." (Acts 20:11, ESV)
Application
This account demonstrates God's power over death and His care for those in His church, encouraging believers to trust His sovereignty in difficult circumstances.