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20:7-16 Paul Travels to Miletus. The journey to Jerusalem continued, with an incident at Troas in which Paul restored the life of a youth (vv. 7-12). This is followed by a detailed itinerary of the voyage to Miletus (vv. 13-16).
20:7 On the first day of the week. The first reference in Acts to worship on Sunday.
20:9 The story has a touch of humor and a happy outcome. The etymology of the name Eutychus is "lucky, fortunate." The "many lamps" (v. 8) and long sermon likely led "Lucky" to seek air in the window, but he fell asleep anyway and fell three stories. Taken up dead (not "as dead") indicates his actual death.
20:13-14 The remains of Assos include a monumental temple of Athena atop the acropolis, a market, portions of the city wall, and a Greek theater.
20:15 Chios was the birthplace of Homer, and Samos was the birthplace of the mathematician Pythagoras. Miletus was a major Aegean harbor, one of the great cities of the province of Asia in Paul's day.
20:16 Having spent in Ephesus, Paul knew he would be delayed with too many farewells there, so he chose to sail past the city so that he could reach Jerusalem by the feast of Pentecost.
