Read Acts 20.1-12
In 20.1-22.16: Going to Jerusalem.
In verse 1: The journey to Macedonia announced in 19.22 now resumes.
In verse 3: A plot ... against him by the Jews again prompts movement (9.24; 20.19; 23.30).
In verse 4: Paul's companions gather from a variety of places, perhaps to bring an offering together to Jerusalem (20.16: 24.17; Rom 15.16; 2 Cor 9.1).
In verses 6-7: The entourage observes the Jewish practice of the days of Unleavened Bread, which Luke identifies with Passover (Lk 22.1), timing its travel by the liturgical calendar (20.18), but now breaking bread in Christian worship on the first day of the week (Lk 24.1; Acts 2.42, 46; 1 Cor 16.2; rev 1.10).
In verses 9-10: Eutychus, whose name means "good fortune," is unknown outside this story.
Paul's discernment of whether the boy was dead or sleeping recalls Jesus' miraculous action with Jarius' daughter in Lk 8.52 and the actions of Elijah (1 Kings 17.17-24) and Elisha (2 Kings 4.32-37).
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