Day 5 - Preaching so Long, People Die (Spooky/Scary/Weird stories from the Bible)
Biblical stories that could make good horror/paranormal movies
For Day 5 of this series, we move into the New Testament, to the book of the Acts of the Apostles, in which Paul preaches long enough for someone to die. This one is not in the lectionary, either. Which is too bad - it could be a fun one to preach on.
Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul was holding a discussion with them; since he intended to leave the next day, he continued speaking until midnight. 8 There were many lamps in the room upstairs where we were meeting. 9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, began to sink off into a deep sleep while Paul talked still longer. Overcome by sleep, he fell to the ground three floors below and was picked up dead. 10 But Paul went down and bending over him took him in his arms and said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.” 11 Then Paul went upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he continued to converse with them until dawn; then he left. 12 Meanwhile they had taken the boy away alive and were not a little comforted.
Thankfully, Paul brought the young man back to life. But notice that other than taking a break to fix him up and then share bread in thanksgiving, Paul doesn’t let this young lad's death interrupt his speaking any more than needed.
All text is from the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition.
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