Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Acts 20:12 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 12. 12And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
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Quick Meaning
Records the young man brought alive and the community greatly comforted.
Read It With
- Acts 20:7–20:12
Read Acts 20:12 with 20:7–20:12. In isolation, this contribution—records the young man brought alive and the community greatly comforted—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: At a first-day gathering for breaking bread, Paul's extended speech continues past midnight, Eutychus falls from the third story and is taken up dead, Paul embraces him, and the community departs comforted after his life is restored.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Records the young man brought alive and the community greatly comforted. This precise contribution belongs inside “Eutychus falls and is restored during a long gathering” because At a first-day gathering for breaking bread, Paul's extended speech continues past midnight, Eutychus falls from the third story and is taken up dead, Paul embraces him, and the community departs comforted after his life is restored.
What Remains True
Acts 20:12's particular contribution—records the young man brought alive and the community greatly comforted—shows that faithful witness remains accountable to the verse's speaker, narrated setting, affected people, and the complete movement of Acts 20:7–20:12.
How It Can Shape Life
- Practice Acts 20:12's particular contribution—records the young man brought alive and the community greatly comforted—through this passage-controlled response: Make gatherings humane and safe, respond immediately when someone is hurt, and do not imitate extreme meeting length or promise resurrection.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 20:7–20:12 — Eutychus falls and is restored during a long gatheringSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 20:7–20:12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 20:7-20:12
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 20:7-20:12
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 20:7–20:12
Open source ↗