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 away the ropes of the ship’s boat and let it fall away. 33Until the day was about to dawn, Paul kept encouraging them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken in nothing. Therefore, I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your survival, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish.” 35Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all, and he broke it and began to eat. 36All of them were encouraged and they themselves also took food.

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

• Thereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• I encourageπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• you to takeμεταλαμβάνωmetalambanō · to partakeG3335
• some foodτροφήtrophē · foodG5160
• for thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• is for your survivalσωτηρίαsōtēria · salvationG4991
• not a hairθρίξthrix trichos · hairG2359
• from the headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
• of anyοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• of you will perishἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622

Cross-references for Acts 27:34

• Matthew 15:32Now Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”
• Mark 8:2“I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me for three days already and have nothing to eat.
• Philippians 2:5Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
• 1 Timothy 5:23Do not go on drinking only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
• 1 Kings 1:52And Solomon said, “If he is a worthy man, not one of his hairs will fall to the ground; but if wickedness is found in him, he will die.”
• Matthew 10:30But even the hairs of your head are all counted.
• Luke 12:7But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not fear; you are more valuable than a great number of sparrows.
• Luke 21:18And yet not a hair of your head will perish.

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