SEV Biblia, Chapter 20:12
Y llevaron al joven vivo, y fueron consolados no poco.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 12. And they brought the young man alive , etc.] Up into the upper room, and presented him alive to the disciples: and were not a little comforted ; that is, the disciples, at the sight of the young man, who was taken up dead, not only for his sake, but chiefly because by this miracle the Gospel, which the apostle preached, and who was about to depart from them, was greatly confirmed to them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-12 - Though the disciples read, and meditated, and prayed, and sung apart and thereby kept up communion with God, yet they came together to worship God, and so kept up their communion with one another. They cam together on the first day of the week, the Lord's day. It is to be religiously observed by all disciples of Christ. In the breaking of the bread, not only the breaking of Christ's body for us, to be a sacrific for our sins, is remembered, but the breaking of Christ's body to us to be food and a feast for our souls, is signified. In the early time it was the custom to receive the Lord's supper every Lord's day, thu celebrating the memorial of Christ's death. In this assembly Pau preached. The preaching of the gospel ought to go with the sacraments They were willing to hear, he saw they were so, and continued his speech till midnight. Sleeping when hearing the word, is an evil thing a sign of low esteem of the word of God. We must do what we can to prevent being sleepy; not put ourselves to sleep, but get our heart affected with the word we hear, so as to drive sleep far away Infirmity requires tenderness; but contempt requires severity. I interrupted the apostle's preaching; but was made to confirm his preaching. Eutychus was brought to life again. And as they knew no when they should have Paul's company again, they made the best use of it they could, and reckoned a night's sleep well lost for that purpose How seldom are hours of repose broken for the purposes of devotion! but how often for mere amusement or sinful revelry! So hard is it for spiritual life to thrive in the heart of man! so naturally do carna practices flourish there!
Greek Textus Receptus
ηγαγον 71 5627 V-2AAI-3P δε 1161 CONJ τον 3588 T-ASM παιδα 3816 N-ASM ζωντα 2198 5723 V-PAP-ASM και 2532 CONJ παρεκληθησαν 3870 5681 V-API-3P ου 3756 PRT-N μετριως 3357 ADV
Robertson's NT Word Studies
20:12 {They brought the lad alive} (egagon ton paida zwnta). Second aorist active indicative of ag". 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 metriws). 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 (#1:5, etc.). D (Codex Bezae) has here instead of egagon these words: alpazomenwn de autwn egagen 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.
