Bible Person
Meaning: happy; fortunate · Male · 1 cross reference
Eutychus is the young man at Troas who falls from the window during Paul's long night of teaching and is restored to life. He belongs to one of Acts' most vivid scenes of apostolic ministry, fatigue, and consolation. First appears in Acts 20:9.1
AI summary: Eutychus matters because his single cross reference captures the humanity of the early church, where long teaching, crowded rooms, physical weakness, and divine power all meet in one moment. His restoration turns potential disaster into deep encouragement for the gathered believers. Taken together, the material presents Eutychus as a memorable witness to apostolic care and life-giving power in the church.1
Central Figure
Eutychus
Meaning: happy; fortunate
Fortunate, (Acts 20:9-12), a young man of Troas who fell through drowsiness from the open window of the third floor of the house where Paul was preaching, and was “taken up dead.” The lattice-work of the window being open to admit the air, the lad fell out and down to the court below.
Fortunate, (Acts 20:9-12), a young man of Troas who fell through drowsiness from the open window of the third floor of the house where Paul was preaching, and was “taken up dead.” The lattice-work of the window being open to admit the air, the lad fell out and down to the court below. Paul restored him to life again. (Comp. 1 Kings 17:21; 2 Kings 4:34.) 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.