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.
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Gill's Exposition
And Paul went down,.... From the upper room, where they were assembled, into the court, yard, or street, where he fell; or into the lower room of the house, where he was brought when taken up. The…
Barnes' Notes
And there sat in a window - The window was left open, probably to avoid the malice of their enemies, who might be disposed otherwise to charge them with holding their assemblies in darkness for…
Adam Clarke
There sat in a window - This was probably an opening in the wall, to let in light and air, for there was no glazing at that time; and it is likely that Eutychus fell backward through it, down to the…
We have here an account of what passed at Troas the last of the seven days that Paul staid there.
I. There was a solemn religious assembly of the Christians that were there, according to their…
Cambridge Bible
And there sat in a[better, the] window The window in that climate was only an opening in the wall, and not as in our country provided with a framework, the bars of which would have prevented the…
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