Acts 20:9

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 accident which is here described.

a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep The last verb signifies borne down, overpowered, and the Rev. Ver.gives "borne down with deep sleep." He was not a careless hearer, but sleep at the late hour overcame his youthful frame and he could resist it no longer.

and as Paul was long preaching Better, "and as Paul discoursed yet longer" with Rev. Ver.The comparative degree refers to the expectation or the wearied powers of the young man. The discourse went on longer than he thought it would, or than he could keep awake.

he sunk down with sleep The verb is the same as before. Read "being borne down by his sleep," as the word is a participle.

and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead To join on with the participial sentence preceding, render he fell down from the third story and, &c. The latticework with which such windows were closed in the East would be set wide open to admit the cool air into the crowded room. The lad fell out, and down to the floor of the courtyard. There has been much debate whether the restoration of Eutychus was meant to be described as miraculous; whether, that is, "dead" may not be taken for "in a swoon like death." But St Luke's expression (Acts 20:12) "They brought him alive" seems to leave no room for question. That life was gone by reason of the fall and was restored by the prayer of the Apostle is the natural reading of the story, which has all the vividness that marks the narrative of an eyewitness.