Discovery BoxActs 20:9 
Context20:9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, 1 was sinking 2 into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak 3 for a long time. Fast asleep, 4 he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.
Acts 20:11
Context20:11 Then Paul 5 went back upstairs, 6 and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them 7 a long time, until dawn. Then he left.
Acts 20:31
Context20:31 Therefore be alert, 8 remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning 9 each one of you with tears.
1 tn This window was probably a simple opening in the wall (see also BDAG 462 s.v. θυρίς).
2 tn Grk “sinking into a deep sleep.” BDAG 529 s.v. καταφέρω 3 has “ὕπνῳ βαθεῖ sink into a deep sleep…Ac 20:9a.” The participle καταφερόμενος (kataferomeno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
3 tn The participle διαλεγομένου (dialegomenou) has been taken temporally.
4 tn BDAG 529 s.v. καταφέρω 3 has “κατενεχθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὔπνου overwhelmed by sleep vs. 9b,” but this expression is less common in contemporary English than phrases like “fast asleep” or “sound asleep.”
5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Grk “going back upstairs.” The participle ἀναβάς (anabas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
7 tn Grk “talking with them.” The participle ὁμιλήσας (Jomilhsas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
8 tn Or “be watchful.”
9 tn Or “admonishing.”
