ESOCS Devotional 13 July 2025: The Midnight Upper Room Miracle

ESOCS Devotional 13 July 2025 – The Mignight Upper Room Miracle

MEMORY VERSE: “And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves, for his life is in him.” Acts 20:10 KJV

TEXT: ACTS 20:1-16

After the uproar had ceased, Paul called the disciples to himself, embraced them, and departed to go to Macedonia. ²Now when he had gone over that region and encouraged them with many words, he came to Greece ³and stayed three months. And when the Jews plotted against him as he was about to sail to Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. ⁴And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia—also Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia. ⁵These men, going ahead, waited for us at Troas. ⁶But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

⁷Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. ⁸There were many lamps in the upper room where they were gathered together. ⁹And in a window sat a certain young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep. He was overcome by sleep; and as Paul continued speaking, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. ¹⁰But Paul went down, fell on him, and embracing him said, “Do not trouble yourselves, for his life is in him.” ¹¹Now when he had come up, had broken bread and eaten, and talked a long while, even till daybreak, he departed. ¹²And they brought the young man in alive, and they were not a little comforted.

¹³Then we went ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, there intending to take Paul on board; for so he had given orders, intending himself to go on foot. ¹⁴And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene. ¹⁵We sailed from there, and the next day came opposite Chios. The following day we arrived at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium. The next day we came to Miletus. ¹⁶For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of Pentecost.

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A mammoth crowd gathered in an upper room assembly in Troas, where Paul preached far into the midnight. As Paul spoke on and on, a young man who sat on a window became very drowsy, and fell asleep. He finally dropped three stories downstairs to his death. Great confusion overtook the assembly, but Paul courageously calmed the situation, and everyone was silenced. With great confidence in the power of Jesus, Paul embraced the young man, and he restored him to life by God’s supernatural power (Luke 7:14).

As would be expected, everyone was exceedingly amazed, and overtaken with joy by the miracle. By this act, Paul was once more proved to be a truly Christ-sent apostle, as distinct from other sorcerers and magical tricksters of his day (Acts 19:11-17; 8:9; 19:13; 2 Corinthians 12:12).

The evidence of the promises of the Master to all believers and disciples in Mark 16:17-18 continued to manifest in the activities and ministries of the apostolic fathers. All manners of miracles, signs and wonders were performed by them, including healing the sick, raising the dead, to mention but a few.

Even in our day, miraculous signs and performances are still very possible to them that believe. However, let’s be careful to separate the grain from the chaff in these days of all-comer pastors and ministers. Jesus is Lord forever.

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