And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.

And Paul went down, and fell on him - just as Elijah did upon the dead son of the woman of Sarepta (), and Elisha upon the dead son of the Shunammite () - a strong confirmation of the natural sense of the statement that Eutychus was taken up quite dead.

And embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him - not, 'is still in him,' as if never out; but in the same sense in which our Lord said of Jairus' dead daughter, "Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth" () It was in him when Paul spoke, as having been restored to him, like the lives of the Zarephite's and Shunammite's sons-no otherwise. (But see further the note at .)

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