ACTS 27:34 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
'I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.' - Paul's encouragement is twofold: practical (eat for survival) and spiritual ('not one of you will lose a single hair,' chē mē pēan mia tōn kephalēs hymōn, chē mē pēan mia tōn kephalēs hymōn-recalling Jesus's words about God's care in Luke 12:7). The promise is absolute: physical preservation of every person. Paul's word carries the weight of Jesus's care extended to the entire ship.
Church Fathers on Acts 27:34
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. And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat, Acts 27:34-36 seeing that there was no question about their lives being saved. (d)
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