Acts 27:34

Verse

So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.

Bible in Basic English

So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat for your health’s sake; for there shall not an hair of the head of any of you perish.

Free Bible Version

“Please do what I say and eat some food. This will help give you strength. For not even a hair from anyone's head is going to be lost!”

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore I exhort you to take meate: for this is for your safegarde: for there shall not an heare fall from the head of any of you.

King James (Authorized) Version

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

Plain English Version

So now I’m telling you, you’ve got to eat some food, so you will get stronger and stay alive. I know that none of you will drown.”

Translation for Translators

So, now I urge you to eat some food. We (inc) need to do that in order to stay alive. I tell you to do that because I know that none of you will drown [IDM].”

Unlocked Literal Bible

So I urge you to share some food, for this is necessary for you to survive. For not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.”

Noah Webster Bible

Wherefore I pray you to take some food; for this is for your health: for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you.

World English Bible

Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”

Young's Literal Translation

wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'

Context

The Shipwreck

³³Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.³⁴So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

Summary

In Acts 27:34, the Apostle Paul encourages the crew on the ship during a storm, urging them to take food for their nourishment. This act of care and concern for their physical well-being reflects Paul's compassion and leadership even in the midst of a crisis. It also serves as a reminder of the importance of practical actions alongside spiritual guidance in times of trouble. Paul's words demonstrate his faith in God's provision and his commitment to supporting others, showcasing a powerful example of Christian love and service.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

A hair fall from the head - A proverbial expression for, ye shall neither lose your lives nor suffer any hurt in your bodies, if ye follow my advice.

John Gill Bible Commentary

And when he had thus spoken he took bread,.... A piece of bread, of common bread, into his hands; for this could never be the eucharist, or Lord's supper, which the apostle now celebrated, as some have suggested, but such sort of bread that seafaring men commonly eat: mention is before made of "meat" or "food", which the apostle entreated them to take, which includes every sort of sea provisions they had with them; and which, with the ancients, were usually the following: it is certain they used to carry bread corn along with them, either crude, or ground, or baked; the former when they went long voyages, the last when shorter ones; and it is plain that they had wheat in this ship, which after they had eaten they cast out, Act 27:38 and corn ground, or meal, they had used to eat moistened with water, and sometimes with oil, and sometimes with oil and wine; and they had a sort of food they called "maza" which was made of meat and milk; likewise they used to carry onions and garlic, which the rowers usually ate, and were thought to be good against change of places and water; and they were wont to make a sort of soup of cheese, onions and eggs, which the Greeks call "muttootos", and the Latins "mosetum"; and they had also bread which was of a red colour, being hard baked and scorched in the oven, yea it was "biscoctus", twice baked (x); as our modern sea biscuit is, and which has its name from hence, and which for long voyages is four times baked, and prepared six months before the voyage is entered on; and such sort of red bread or biscuit very probably was this, which the apostle now took into his hands, and did with it as follows: and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all: and for them all, as Christ did at ordinary meals, Mat 14:19. and when he had broken it he began to eat: which was all agreeably to the custom and manner of the Jews, who first gave thanks, and then said "Amen", at giving of thanks; when he that gave thanks brake and ate first: for he that brake the bread might not break it until the "Amen" was finished by all that answered by it, at giving of thanks; and no one might eat anything until he that brake, first tasted and ate (y). (x) Vid. Scheffer. de Militia Navali Veterum, l. 4. c. 1. p. 252, 253, 254. (y) T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 47. 1. Zohar in Num. fol. 100. 3.

Acts 27:34

The Shipwreck

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.

Bible in Basic English

So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat for your health’s sake; for there shall not an hair of the head of any of you perish.

Free Bible Version

“Please do what I say and eat some food. This will help give you strength. For not even a hair from anyone's head is going to be lost!”

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore I exhort you to take meate: for this is for your safegarde: for there shall not an heare fall from the head of any of you.

King James (Authorized) Version

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

Plain English Version

So now I’m telling you, you’ve got to eat some food, so you will get stronger and stay alive. I know that none of you will drown.”

Translation for Translators

So, now I urge you to eat some food. We (inc) need to do that in order to stay alive. I tell you to do that because I know that none of you will drown [IDM].”

Unlocked Literal Bible

So I urge you to share some food, for this is necessary for you to survive. For not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.”

Noah Webster Bible

Wherefore I pray you to take some food; for this is for your health: for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you.

World English Bible

Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”

Young's Literal Translation

wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

A hair fall from the head - A proverbial expression for, ye shall neither lose your lives nor suffer any hurt in your bodies, if ye follow my advice.

John Gill Bible Commentary

Acts 27:34

Verse

Context

The Shipwreck

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Acts 27:34

The Shipwreck

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary