As Paul extended his speech, a young (neanias - signifying between the ages of approximately twenty-four to forty - Arndt, p. 536) man named Eutychus was borne down with “deep sleep.”From http://www.christiancourier.com/archives/eutychus.htm
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Young Eutychus
I always thought Eutychus was young, as in 8 to 13 or thereabouts. Apparently not:
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In Acts 20:9 we learn that Eutychus fell asleep as Paul "kept on speaking", past midnight (v. 7). After lecturing the young man to death, Paul changed his methodology such that he then "conversed with" the group until dawn (v. 11).
Why are we still lecturing?
How can we encourage each other by ignoring each other to passively listen to one speaker for 20 or 30 minutes?
How can two or three prophets speak, and then have the rest of the group discern his message, if the entire meeting is composed of one person speaking?
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