# Acts 20:9

> And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

— Acts 20:9, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Troas** (Asia · today Dalyan) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/troas

## When

- c. AD 52-57 (counted from the text)
- Date source: The third journey; Acts 19:8-10 gives three months and then two years in Ephesus.

## Who ruled

- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- **Gallio**, proconsul of Achaia, AD 51-52 · Source: Delphi inscription (SIG 801d), which dates his term; Acts 18:12. It is the only fixed date in Paul's chronology.
- **Nero**, emperor of Rome, AD 54-68 · Source: Tacitus, Annals XIII-XVI; Suetonius, Nero
- **Herod Agrippa II**, king of Judea, AD 50-93 · Source: Josephus, Jewish War II; Antiquities XX
- **Antonius Felix**, procurator of Judea, AD 52-59 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.7-8; Tacitus, Annals XII.54

## See also

- Mark 13:36 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/13/36
- Matthew 26:40-41 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/26/40
- Jonah 1:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jonah/1/5
- Mark 9:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/9/26

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## Questions linked to this verse

- Which young man fell asleep in a window and fell from the third story while Paul talked? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aae-7105-aacc-75dcf1d37f5b

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/20/9
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