⁵These going before waited for us in Troas; ⁶but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and we came to them to Troas in five days, where we spent seven days.

⁷And the first day of the week, we being assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, about to depart on the morrow. And he prolonged the discourse till midnight. ⁸And there were many lights in the upper room where we were assembled. ⁹And a certain youth, by name Eutychus, sitting at the window-opening, overpowered by deep sleep, while Paul discoursed very much at length, having been overpowered by the sleep, fell from the third story down to the bottom, and was taken up dead. ¹⁰But Paul descending fell upon him, and enfolding him in his arms, said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him. ¹¹And having gone up, and having broken the bread, and eaten, and having long spoken until daybreak, so he went away. ¹²And they brought away the boy alive, and were no little comforted.

¹³And we, having gone before on board ship, sailed off to Assos, going to take in Paul there; for so he had directed, he himself being about to go on foot. ¹⁴And when he met with us at Assos, having taken him on board, we came to Mitylene; ¹⁵and having sailed thence, on the morrow arrived opposite Chios, and the next day put in at Samos; and having stayed at Trogyllium, the next day we came to Miletus:

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