ACTS 27:33 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.”
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.' - As dawn approaches, Paul shifts from warning to nurture. 'Urged them to eat' (parakaleo phagō, parakaleo phagō-'exhort to eat') shows pastoral care. His reference to 'fourteen days' (tessareskaidekaēmera, tessareskaidekaēmera) and 'constant suspense' (asitia, asitia-'fasting, going without food') acknowledges their ordeal. The soldiers and sailors have not eaten from fear, exhaustion, and despair. Paul's exhortation to eat is exhortation to hope.
Church Fathers on Acts 27:33
And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that you have tarried and continued fasting having taken nothing. Acts 27:33 (b) And how, say you, did they go without food, having taken nothing? How did they bear it? Their fear possessed them, and did not let them fall into a desire of food, being, as they were, at the point of extreme jeopardy; (f) but they had no care for food.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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