Acts 20 · a question people ask
Eutychus "was taken up dead" (20:9), and Paul says, "his life is in him" (20:10). Was Eutychus dead?
The chapter tells it in its own words and says no more. Eutychus "fell down from the third floor and was taken up dead" (20:9). "Paul went down and fell upon him, and embracing him said, “Don’t be troubled, for his life is in him.”" (20:10). Then "They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted." (20:12). The chapter gives these lines and says no more, and these notes add nothing to them: they quote each verse as it stands and set no other chapter beside it.
The verses
“A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was taken up dead. Paul went down and fell upon him, and embracing him said, “Don’t be troubled, for his life is in him.” When he had gone up, had broken bread and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even until break of day, he departed. They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.”