Acts 20:9

"There were many lights in the upper room where we were gathered together."

Key Reflection

In Acts 20:9, Luke describes an upper room filled with numerous lights during a gathering of believers. This detail likely served to dispel any slanderous claims that early Christian meetings involved darkness and immorality. The presence of many lights in the upper chamber suggests a scene of openness and transparency, consistent with a place of worship where God's light was welcomed and celebrated.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 9. And there sat in a window. The window was left open, probably to avoid the malice of their enemies, who might be disposed otherwise to charge them with holding their assemblies in darkness for purposes of iniquity. The window was a mere opening in the wall to let in light, as there was no glass known at that time; and as the shutters of the window were not closed, there was nothing to prevent Eutychus from falling down. The third loft. The third story. And was taken up dead. Some have supposed that he was merely stunned with the fall, and that he was still alive.

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