Acts 20:8 meaning and explanation
Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.
Acts 20:8, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator, present in the "we" of this scene, describes the upper room in Troas where the believers gathered on the first day of the week to break bread. The many lamps are a simple detail of setting: oil lamps gave light but also heat and smoke in a crowded third story room, which helps explain why Eutychus, seated in the window, grew drowsy and fell.
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