Acts 20:9
A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak for a long time. Fast asleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.
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- 1 Kgs 17:19 : 19 He said to her,“Hand me your son.” He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his bed.
- Jonah 1:5-6 : 5 The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship’s cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep. 6 The ship’s captain approached him and said,“What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!”
- Matt 26:40-41 : 40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter,“So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour? 41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
- Mark 9:26 : 26 It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”
- Mark 13:36 : 36 or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.
- Acts 14:19 : 19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.
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- Acts 20:10-134 verses84%
10 But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, put his arms around him, and said,“Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!”
11 Then Paul went back upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them a long time, until dawn. Then he left.
12 They took the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.
13 The Voyage to Miletus We went on ahead to the ship and put out to sea for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. He himself was intending to go there by land.
- Acts 20:7-82 verses77%
7 On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul began to speak to the people, and because he intended to leave the next day, he extended his message until midnight.
8 (Now there were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting.)
- Acts 5:5-62 verses69%
5 When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it.
6 So the young men came, wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.
- Acts 5:10-112 verses68%
10 At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
11 Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.
- Acts 14:19-202 verses68%
19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.
20 But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
- Acts 14:8-103 verses67%
8 Paul and Barnabas at Lystra In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.
9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,
10 he said with a loud voice,“Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.
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29 Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.
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30 But God raised him from the dead,
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14 For everything made visible is light, and for this reason it says:“Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”
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60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.
- Acts 21:29-302 verses65%
29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)
30 The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.
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21 Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said,“Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss.
- Acts 20:36-372 verses65%
36 When he had said these things, he knelt down with them all and prayed.
37 They all began to weep loudly, and hugged Paul and kissed him,
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17 When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
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11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,“Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
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14 Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said,“Young man, I say to you, get up!”
15 So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
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21 other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”
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19 Rather they had several points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive.
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27 When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.
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22 The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”
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40 But Peter sent them all outside, knelt down, and prayed. Turning to the body, he said,“Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
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24 And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.
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6 But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
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18 So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said,“The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”
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33 He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed.
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14 Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island.
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4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
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33 So Paul left the Areopagus.
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30 That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.
- Acts 17:18-192 verses64%
18 Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
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32 When Elisha arrived at the house, there was the child lying dead on his bed.
- Mark 9:26-272 verses64%
26 It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”
27 But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.
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14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.
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39 When he entered he said to them,“Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep!”
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32 Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it drift away.
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25 They waited so long they were embarrassed, but he still did not open the doors of the upper room. Finally they took the key and opened the doors. Right before their eyes was their master, sprawled out dead on the floor!