Acts 27:34

Acts 27:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength, for not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you.”

Context of Acts 27:34

32Then the soldiers cut the ropes holding the skiff and let it drop away. 33When it was about daylight, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, having eaten nothing. So I urge you to take some food. For this is for your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.” 35After he said these things and had taken some bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all of them, and after he broke it, he began to eat. 36They all were encouraged and took food themselves.

Acts 27:34 word by word

διὸ παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς μεταλαβεῖν τροφῆς· τοῦτο γὰρ πρὸς τῆς ὑμετέρας σωτηρίας ὑπάρχει· οὐδενὸς γὰρ ὑμῶν θρὶξ ἀπὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἀπολεῖται.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• I prayπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• youσύsu · youG4771
• to takeπροσλαμβάνωproslambanō · to takeG4355
• meatτροφήtrophē · foodG5160
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• this isοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• forπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• yourὑμέτεροςhumeteros · yourG5212
• healthσωτηρίαsōtēria · salvationG4991
• there shallὑπάρχωhuparchō · be alreadyG5225
• notοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• an hairθρίξthrix trichos · hairG2359
• fallπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776

Cross-references for Acts 27:34

• Matthew 15:32Jesus called his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with me three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry, otherwise they might collapse on the way.”
• Mark 8:2“I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with me three days and have nothing to eat.
• Philippians 2:5Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus,
• 1 Timothy 5:23Don’t continue drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
• 1 Kings 1:52Then Solomon said, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground, but if evil is found in him, he dies.”
• Matthew 10:30But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.
• Luke 12:7Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
• Luke 21:18but not a hair of your head will be lost.

Commentaries on Acts 27:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34A 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Not a hair fall from the head … - A proverbial expression, denoting “that they would be preserved safe; that none of them would be lost, and that “in their persons they should not experience the least damage,” 1 Kings 1:52; 1 Samuel 14:45.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-38Verses 30-38 God, who appointed the end, that they should be saved, appointed the means, that they should be saved by the help of these shipmen. Duty is ours, events are God's; we do not trust God, but tempt him, when we say we put ourselves under his protection, if we do not use proper means, such as are within our power, for our safety. But how selfish are men in general, often even ready to seek their own safety by the destruction of others! Happy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-35Paul acts like a true leader. He personally evaluates a dangerous situation, decides on a plan, and guides others to solve the problem (compare Nehemiah 1–3; contrast with Jonah 1). Paul’s positive example and strong faith in God encouraged the others to eat and remain hopeful (Acts 27:22–25).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3733-37. while day was coming on--"until it should be day"; that is, in the interval between the cutting off of the boat and the approach of day, which all were "anxiously looking for" (Ac 27:29). Paul--now looked up to by all the passengers as the man to direct them. besought them all to take meat--"partake of a meal." saying, This is the fourteenth day ye have tarried--"waited for a breathing time." having eaten nothing--that is, taken no regular meal…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 27:34

• Fasting
• Mariners (Sailors)
• Paul
• Prophecy
• Trouble

In the dictionaries

• Cheer
• Close
• Creek
• Crete
• Euroclydon
• Exhort
• Fast
• Gain
• Hinder
• James

Commentaries on Acts 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings