King James Version
Acts 20:10 in the King James Version says “And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.”
Acts 20:10 · KJV
And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
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.
And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Paul”
G3972(little; but remotely from a derivative of g3973, meaning the same); paulus, the name of a roman and of an apostle
“and fell on”
G1968to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively)
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“embracing”
G4843to take by enclosing altogether, i.e., earnestly throw the arms about one
“not”
G3361(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
“for”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“life”
G5590breath, i.e., (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from g4151, wh
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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