⁷And on the first day of the week, when^* we had assembled to break bread, Paul began conversing^* with them, because he^* was going to leave on the next day, and he extended his^* message until midnight. ⁸Now there were quite a few lamps in the upstairs room where we were gathered. ⁹And a certain young man named^b Eutychus who was sitting in the window was sinking into a deep sleep while^* Paul was conversing at length. Being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

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Footnotes

*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“had assembled”)
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began conversing”)
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was going to”) which is understood as causal
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
bLiterally “by name”
*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was conversing”)

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered. And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting. Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

On the first day of the week, we assembled to break bread. Paul spoke to them, and since he was about to depart the next day, he kept on talking until midnight. There were many lamps in the room upstairs where we were assembled, and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on talking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

NLTNew Living Translation

On the first day of the week, we gathered with the local believers to share in the Lord’s Supper. Paul was preaching to them, and since he was leaving the next day, he kept talking until midnight. The upstairs room where we met was lighted with many flickering lamps. As Paul spoke on and on, a young man named Eutychus, sitting on the windowsill, became very drowsy. Finally, he fell sound asleep and dropped three stories to his death below.

KJV 1900King James Version

And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. 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.

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