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Paul was leaving the next day so he was determined to speak for a long time. Eutychus was sitting on a window ledge - probably the coolest place to sit as the clammy sweatiness of the upstairs room intensified and the heat of the lights took hold. Eutychus fell asleep whilst Paul was talking - everyone's a critic. Eutychus may have heard what he needed to hear - sometimes that 'moment' can happen very early on in a sermon or in a conversation. The lights in the room are an indication that the christians were becoming more brazen and less secretive - they would have ordinarily met quietly and in the dark. The lights in the room would have prevented the people in the room from seeing outside - so unless someone directly saw Eutychus's fall then it would have been someone in the street who raised the alarm. I wonder if there were people in the street who were trying to listen - the lights, the buzz, the people, the rumours. Once Paul had come downstairs and stunned ...