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10 But Paul went down, afell on him, and embracing him said, b“Do not trouble yourselves, for his life is in him.”  
11 Now when he had come up, had broken bread and eaten, and talked a long while, even till daybreak, he departed.
12 And they brought the young man in alive, and they were not a little comforted.

From Troas to Miletus

13 Then we went ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, there intending to take Paul on board; for so he had1 given orders, intending himself to go on foot.  
14 And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.
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Acts 20:12

They brought the lad alive (hgagon ton paida zwnta). Second aorist active indicative of agw. Evidently the special friends of the lad who now either brought him back to the room or (Rendall) took him home to his family. Knowling holds that zwnta (living) here is pointless unless he had been dead. He had been taken up dead and now they brought him living.

Not a little (ou metriwv). Not moderately, that is a great deal. Luke is fond of this use of the figure litotes (use of the negative) instead of the strong positive (Acts 1:5, etc.). D (Codex Bezae) has here instead of hgagon these words: alpazomenwn de autwn hgagen ton neaniskon zwnta (while they were saying farewell he brought the young man alive). This reading pictures the joyful scene over the lad's restoration as Paul was leaving.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 20:12:

Acts 1:5
Acts 4:36
Acts 20:10

 

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