Acts 20:7-12
Eutychus Raised From the Dead at Troas
7On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. 8There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting. 9Seated 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. 10Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "He's alive!" 11Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left. 12The people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.
St. Paul was breaking bread on the first day of the week with other believers...For the Jewish people the normal Sabbath was observed on Saturday, the last day of the week...To honor our LORD Jesus who resurrected on Sunday, believers starting observing the first day of the week as the Sabbath...This practice spread throughout the early churches...Another practice that spread early was the breaking of bread which represents Christ's body and represents the sacrifice of Jesus for our sins, and the breaking of His body on the cross...This breaking of bread is a memorial of the Last Supper...This is called the Eucharist...
St. Paul kept talking one night and on past midnight he continued to speak the good news...A young man named Eutychus was sitting in a window and accidentally fell asleep and fell...They were on the third story, so Eutychus fell thee floors onto the ground below...They all rushed down to him and Eutychus was dead...St. Paul went down and threw himself around the young man and said "Don't be alarmed, He's alive"... This story reminds us of Elijah and the widow's son at Zarephath...Elijah, after the widow's son had died, stretched himself around the boy three times and God brought the boy back to life (1 Kings 17:19-23)...St. Paul, no doubt, knew of the prophet Elijah and the scripture...Eutychus is alive and the listeners with St. Paul go back upstairs...St. Paul talks until daylight (he had great energy and zeal for our LORD)..Then the people take Eutychus home alive...The people were greatly comforted...This would have made believers out of this group...
These believers listening to St. Paul knew they may not see him again...They knew losing a night's sleep and getting in return valuable lessons about the Scriptures and the Messiah was well worth it (losing one night's sleep)...St. Paul loved to teach and preach the good news about Jesus... He no doubt loved teaching this group as much as they enjoyed listening...No doubt the raising of Eutychus back to life by God through St. Paul would be a highlight of the night and never be forgotten by the people there that night...