33 [a]And when it began to be day, Paul exhorted them all to take meat, saying, This is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried, and continued fasting, receiving nothing:

34 Wherefore I exhort you to take meat: for this is for your safeguard: for there shall not an [b]hair fall from the head of any of you.

35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all, and brake it, and began to eat.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Acts 27:33 When the world trembleth, the faithful alone be not only quiet, but confirm others by their example.
  2. Acts 27:34 This is a proverb which the Hebrews use, whereby is meant, that they shall be safe, and not one of them perish.

33 Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. “For the last fourteen days,” he said, “you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you haven’t eaten anything. 34 Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.”(A) 35 After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it(B) and began to eat.

Read full chapter