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This week's question:

While Stephen was giving his defense before the Council, he said, "'Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of God.' But they cried out with a loud voice, and covered their ears, and they rushed upon him with one impulse. And when they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him, and the witnesses laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul. And they went on stoning Stephen as he called upon the Lord and said, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!' And falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, 'Lord, do not hold this sin against them!' And having said this, he fell asleep." (Acts 7:56-60). Jesus then tells Ananias, when he questions the Lord about being sent to a street called Straight in Damascus to inquire about this same man named Saul who was ravaging the church and binding both men and women and taking them for trial in Jerusalem (Acts 9:1-2) , Jesus tells him, "Go for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name's sake." (Acts 9:15-16). And Paul did indeed suffer both at the hands of his own countrymen (Acts 16:16-23 & 21:22-40 &22:22-30 & 23:12-35), as well as the Gentiles (Acts 16:16-23). 

This brings us to our question, "Who fell asleep during Paul's message?". So then, from his beginning as a Hebrew of Hebrews, Paul says, "Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard to you. Beware the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision; for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, although I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far the more: circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews: as to the Law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless. But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish in order that I may gain Christ," (Philippians 3:1-8). Paul spoke boldly against the Jews who strove to bring the Old Law, that Jesus fulfilled, as part of the way to salvation "And some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren , 'Unless you are circumcised according to the Law of Moses, you cannot be saved.'" (Acts 15:1), to which Paul says, "And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by Law; you have fallen from grace." (Galatians 5:3-4).

So then, for the answer to our question we turn and read, "And on the first day of the week, when we gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to depart the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. And there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together. And their was a certain young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor, and was picked up dead. But when Paul went down and fell upon him and after embracing him, he said, 'Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.' And when he had gone back up, and had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed. And they took away the boy alive, and were greatly comforted." (Acts 20:7-12).

And so there we have the answer to our question and the one who fell asleep during Paul's message was none other than Eutychus! Not only did he fall asleep, but he fell three stories off the window sill to his death, only to be revived by Paul, which comforted the brethren. There may be times that we've felt like "the message prolonged past midnight" and fell into a slumber, but be thankful that you weren't on the third floor window sill, because Paul will not be there to lift you up from the floor!

 The scriptures just quoted not only show that Christians met on the first day of the week, but the importance of partaking of the Lord's supper as Paul says, "…when we gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them," (Acts 20:7)! May we also remember the importance of meeting together to break bread to remember the Lord's shedding of His blood and the life giving body He surrendered up and then overcame death that we might live!