Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Yesterday we wrapped up Paul's letter to the church at Rome and today we jump back into

Luke's account of the early church in the book of Acts which covers a lot of Paul's actions

that take place in between and behind the scenes of the letter he's writing.

The last time we were in Acts, Paul and the others narrowly escaped a riot started by

a local silversmith who was upset that their ministry resulted in people buying fewer

idols.

Today he leaves Ephesus and he and a handful of other disciples including Luke, pop around

Europe and Asia, en route to deliver the financial support to Jerusalem.

Luke tells us a story about what happens once a day when the church at Troas is gathered

to eat and hear Paul preach.

There's a young man named Uticus in the crowd.

He's probably in his late teens or early 20s.

At some point he's sitting in a window, maybe he wants to get some fresh air because

they've been listening to Paul talk all day and it's nearly midnight and they've finished

off the last of the coffee at 8 pm but the fresh air doesn't cut it.

Uticus sends Paul a clear message that it's time to wrap it up by falling asleep and

plummeting three stories to his death.

But Paul is like, nice try buddy, I've still got two points left in my sermon, you're

not going anywhere and he raises him from the dead.

Then they all go back upstairs and Paul talks until the sun comes up and they eat some

breakfast before they leave on the next few legs of their journey.

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