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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/acts/27.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/acts/27.htm">New International Version</a> Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. &#8220For the last fourteen days,&#8221 he said, &#8220you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you haven&#8217t eaten anything. <a href="/nlt/acts/27.htm">New Living Translation</a> Just as day was dawning, Paul urged everyone to eat. “You have been so worried that you haven’t touched food for two weeks,” he said. <a href="/esv/acts/27.htm">English Standard Version</a> As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food, having taken nothing. <a href="/bsb/acts/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food. <a href="/blb/acts/27.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And until that day was about to come, Paul kept urging all to partake of food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day you continue watching without eating, having taken nothing. <a href="/kjv/acts/27.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/acts/27.htm">New King James Version</a> And as day was about to dawn, Paul implored them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have waited and continued without food, and eaten nothing. <a href="/nasb_/acts/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Until 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. <a href="/nasb/acts/27.htm">NASB 1995</a> Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was encouraging them all to take some food, saying, &#8220Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken nothing. <a href="/nasb77/acts/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And until the day was about to dawn, Paul was 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 nothing. <a href="/lsb/acts/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was 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 nothing. <a href="/amp/acts/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a> While they waited for the day to dawn, Paul encouraged them all [and told them] to have some food, saying, “This is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly on watch and going without food, having eaten nothing. <a href="/csb/acts/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When 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. <a href="/hcsb/acts/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When it was about daylight, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, &#8220Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, having eaten nothing. <a href="/asv/acts/27.htm">American Standard Version</a> And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take some food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing. <a href="/cev/acts/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Just before daylight Paul begged the people to eat something. He told them, "For 14 days you have been so worried that you haven't eaten a thing. <a href="/erv/acts/27.htm">English Revised Version</a> And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take some food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing. <a href="/gwt/acts/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Just before daybreak Paul was encouraging everyone to have something to eat. "This is the fourteenth day you have waited and have had nothing to eat. <a href="/gnt/acts/27.htm">Good News Translation</a> Just before dawn, Paul begged them all to eat some food: "You have been waiting for fourteen days now, and all this time you have not eaten a thing. <a href="/isv/acts/27.htm">International Standard Version</a> Right up to daybreak Paul kept urging all of them to eat something. He said, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, not eating anything. <a href="/msb/acts/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: ?Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food. <a href="/net/acts/27.htm">NET Bible</a> As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense and have gone without food; you have eaten nothing. <a href="/nheb/acts/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> While the day was coming on, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing. <a href="/wbt/acts/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried, and continued fasting, having taken nothing. <a href="/wey/acts/27.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And continually, up till daybreak, Paul kept urging all on board to take some food. "This is the fourteenth day," he said, "that you have been anxiously waiting for the storm to cease, and have fasted, eating little or nothing. <a href="/web/acts/27.htm">World English Bible</a> While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And until the day was about to be, Paul was calling on all to partake of nourishment, saying, “Fourteen days today, waiting, you continue fasting, having taken nothing, <a href="/blb/acts/27.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And until that day was about to come, Paul kept urging all to partake of food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day you continue watching without eating, having taken nothing. <a href="/ylt/acts/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And till the day was about to be, Paul was calling upon all to partake of nourishment, saying, 'Fourteen days to-day, waiting, ye continue fasting, having taken nothing, <a href="/slt/acts/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And till it was about to be day, Paul besought all to take food, saying, Awaiting this day the fourteenth day, ye continue fasting, having taken nothing.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And when it began to be light, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited, and continued fasting, taking nothing. <a href="/cpdv/acts/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And when it began to be light, Paul requested that they all take food, saying: “This is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and continuing to fast, taking nothing. <a href="/nabre/acts/27.htm">New American Bible</a> Until the day began to dawn, Paul kept urging all to take some food. He said, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting, going hungry and eating nothing. <a href="/nrsvce/acts/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Just before daybreak, Paul urged all of them to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been in suspense and remaining without food, having eaten nothing.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But Paul till the early morning kept begging them all to eat, saying to them, Today is the fourteenth day since you have tasted anything because of fear. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/27.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And while it was yet morning, Paulus persuaded all of them to take food, as he said to them, “Behold, today it is the fourteenth day of peril and you have eaten nothing.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/27.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And while the day was coming on, Paul exhorted them all to take food, saying: This is the fourteenth day that you have been in suspense, and continued without food, having taken nothing. <a href="/godbey/acts/27.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> But until the day was about to come, Paul exhorted all to take food, saying, Already this day you remain in a state of solicitude, the fourteenth day, receiving nothing. <a href="/haweis/acts/27.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And while they waited until the day should break, Paul exhorted them all to take some nourishment, saying, To day, expecting the fourteenth day, ye are continuing without food, taking nothing. <a href="/mace/acts/27.htm">Mace New Testament</a> while they were waiting for day, Paul advis'd the whole company to take some refreshment: "these fourteen days, said he, you have been very abstemious, and not made a meal: <a href="/wey/acts/27.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And continually, up till daybreak, Paul kept urging all on board to take some food. "This is the fourteenth day," he said, "that you have been anxiously waiting for the storm to cease, and have fasted, eating little or nothing. <a href="/worrell/acts/27.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And, when the day was about to dawn, Paul was beseeching them all to take food, saying, "To-day is the fourteenth day ye, waiting, continue fasting, having taken nothing; <a href="/worsley/acts/27.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And while the day was coming on, Paul exhorted them all to take some food, saying, Fourteen days this day ye continue waiting without proper food, having taken nothing: <a href="/parallel/acts/27-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=9170" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/27.htm">The Shipwreck</a> …32So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift. 33<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">Right</a> <a href="/greek/891.htm" title="891: Achri (Prep) -- As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to.">up to</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hou (RelPro-GMS) -- Who, which, what, that. "></a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmera (N-NFS) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">daybreak,</a> <a href="/greek/3195.htm" title="3195: ēmellen (V-IIA-3S) -- A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something."></a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: ginesthai (V-PNM/P) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3972.htm" title="3972: Paulos (N-NMS) -- Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle.">Paul</a> <a href="/greek/3870.htm" title="3870: parekalei (V-IIA-3S) -- From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.">kept urging</a> <a href="/greek/537.htm" title="537: hapantas (Adj-AMP) -- All, the whole, altogether. Absolutely all or every one.">them all</a> <a href="/greek/3335.htm" title="3335: metalabein (V-ANA) -- From meta and lambano; to participate; genitive case, to accept.">to eat:</a> <a href="/greek/5160.htm" title="5160: trophēs (N-GFS) -- Food, nourishment, maintenance. From trepho; nourishment; by implication, rations."></a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. "></a> <a href="/greek/4594.htm" title="4594: sēmeron (Adv) -- Today, now. Neuter of a presumed compound of the article ho and hemera; on the day; generally, now.">“Today</a> <a href="/greek/5065.htm" title="5065: Tessareskaidekatēn (Adj-AFS) -- Fourteenth. From tessares and kai and dekatos; fourteenth.">is your fourteenth</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmeran (N-AFS) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">day</a> <a href="/greek/4328.htm" title="4328: prosdokōntes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate. From pros and dokeuo; to anticipate; by implication, to await.">in constant suspense,</a> <a href="/greek/1300.htm" title="1300: diateleite (V-PIA-2P) -- To continue, persevere, finish. From dia and teleo; to accomplish thoroughly, i.e. to persist."></a> <a href="/greek/4355.htm" title="4355: proslabomenoi (V-APM-NMP) -- (a) I take to myself, (b) I take aside, (c) I welcome. From pros and lambano; to take to oneself, i.e. Use, lead, admit.">without taking any food.</a> <a href="/greek/3367.htm" title="3367: mēthen (Adj-ANS) -- No one, none, nothing. "></a> <a href="/greek/777.htm" title="777: asitoi (Adj-NMP) -- Fasting, without eating. Without food."></a> 34So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/14-19.htm">Matthew 14:19-21</a> And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. / They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. / About five thousand men were fed, besides women and children. <a href="/mark/6-41.htm">Mark 6:41-44</a> Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all. / They all ate and were satisfied, / and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. ... <a href="/luke/9-16.htm">Luke 9:16-17</a> Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people. / They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. <a href="/john/6-11.htm">John 6:11-13</a> Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. / And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.” / So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. <a href="/1_kings/19-5.htm">1 Kings 19:5-8</a> Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” / And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. / A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.” ... <a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4-5</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions. / Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.” <a href="/1_samuel/30-11.htm">1 Samuel 30:11-12</a> Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat— / a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights. <a href="/genesis/18-5.htm">Genesis 18:5-8</a> And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.” / So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.” / Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. ... <a href="/genesis/21-14.htm">Genesis 21:14-19</a> Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba. / When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes. / Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept. ... <a href="/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42-44</a> Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha. / But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” / So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD. <a href="/matthew/15-35.htm">Matthew 15:35-38</a> And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. / Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. / They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. ... <a href="/mark/8-6.htm">Mark 8:6-9</a> And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd. / They also had a few small fish, and Jesus blessed them and ordered that these be set before them as well. / The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. ... <a href="/john/21-12.htm">John 21:12-13</a> “Come, have breakfast,” Jesus said to them. None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew it was the Lord. / Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and He did the same with the fish. <a href="/luke/24-30.htm">Luke 24:30-31</a> While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them. / Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight. <a href="/psalms/78-23.htm">Psalm 78:23-25</a> Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens. / He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. / Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And while the day was coming on, Paul sought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that you have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.while.<a href="/acts/27-29.htm">Acts 27:29</a> Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.This.<a href="/acts/27-27.htm">Acts 27:27</a> But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/12-11.htm">Anxiously</a> <a href="/acts/25-2.htm">Begged</a> <a href="/acts/25-2.htm">Besought</a> <a href="/acts/27-31.htm">Board</a> <a href="/acts/20-31.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/acts/12-5.htm">Constant</a> <a href="/acts/12-15.htm">Constantly</a> <a href="/acts/22-4.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/acts/26-22.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/acts/27-20.htm">Continued</a> <a href="/acts/20-11.htm">Dawn</a> <a href="/acts/5-21.htm">Daybreak</a> <a href="/acts/23-21.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/acts/20-11.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/acts/1-4.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/acts/13-3.htm">Fasted</a> <a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Fasting</a> <a href="/acts/27-21.htm">Food</a> <a href="/matthew/1-17.htm">Fourteen</a> <a href="/acts/27-27.htm">Fourteenth</a> <a href="/acts/26-20.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/acts/27-28.htm">Little</a> <a href="/acts/21-25.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/acts/27-31.htm">Paul</a> <a href="/acts/27-20.htm">Storm</a> <a href="/john/10-24.htm">Suspense</a> <a href="/acts/25-14.htm">Tarried</a> <a href="/acts/26-6.htm">Today</a> <a href="/acts/25-2.htm">Urged</a> <a href="/acts/25-2.htm">Urging</a> <a href="/acts/25-3.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/acts/25-3.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/acts/22-20.htm">Watching</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jude/1-21.htm">Anxiously</a> <a href="/acts/28-14.htm">Begged</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-8.htm">Besought</a> <a href="/acts/27-37.htm">Board</a> <a href="/romans/11-22.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/romans/12-12.htm">Constant</a> <a href="/romans/1-9.htm">Constantly</a> <a href="/romans/11-10.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Continue</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-9.htm">Continued</a> <a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Dawn</a> <a href="/genesis/32-24.htm">Daybreak</a> <a href="/acts/27-35.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/acts/27-38.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/acts/27-38.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/judges/20-26.htm">Fasted</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-5.htm">Fasting</a> <a href="/acts/27-34.htm">Food</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-2.htm">Fourteen</a> <a href="/genesis/14-5.htm">Fourteenth</a> <a href="/acts/27-43.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/acts/28-2.htm">Little</a> <a href="/acts/27-34.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/acts/27-43.htm">Paul</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Storm</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-66.htm">Suspense</a> <a href="/acts/28-12.htm">Tarried</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-17.htm">Today</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-12.htm">Urged</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-4.htm">Urging</a> <a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/acts/28-6.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">Watching</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 27</div>1. <a href="/acts/27-1.htm">Paul shipping toward Rome,</a> 10. <a href="/acts/27-10.htm">foretells of the danger of the voyage,</a> 11. <a href="/acts/27-11.htm">but is not believed.</a> 14. <a href="/acts/27-14.htm">They are tossed to and fro by a storm;</a> 41. <a href="/acts/27-41.htm">and suffer shipwreck;</a> 44. <a href="/acts/27-44.htm">yet all come safe to land.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The timing, "right up to daybreak," suggests urgency and the need for preparation as daylight would bring new challenges. In biblical times, daybreak often symbolized new beginnings or deliverance, as seen in <a href="/psalms/30-5.htm">Psalm 30:5</a>, "Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning."Paul kept urging them all to eat Paul's insistence on eating highlights his practical wisdom and care for the physical needs of the crew and passengers. This reflects the biblical principle of stewardship of the body, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</a>. Paul's leadership is reminiscent of Jesus' feeding of the multitudes, where physical nourishment was provided alongside spiritual teaching (<a href="/matthew/14-13.htm">Matthew 14:13-21</a>).Today is your fourteenth day The mention of "fourteenth day" underscores the severity and length of the storm they endured. The number fourteen can symbolize deliverance or salvation, as seen in the Passover, which occurs on the fourteenth day of the first month (<a href="/exodus/12-6.htm">Exodus 12:6</a>). This period of trial parallels the Israelites' journey through the wilderness, emphasizing reliance on God's provision.in constant suspense The phrase "in constant suspense" captures the anxiety and fear experienced by those on the ship. This mirrors the human condition of uncertainty and the need for faith, as seen in <a href="/philippians/4-6.htm">Philippians 4:6-7</a>, which encourages believers to present their requests to God to receive peace. The suspense also reflects the trials faced by early Christians, who often lived in uncertainty due to persecution.without taking any food The lack of food intake for such an extended period indicates the severity of the situation and the crew's preoccupation with survival. Fasting, whether voluntary or involuntary, is a recurring theme in Scripture, often associated with seeking divine intervention or guidance (<a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Esther 4:16</a>, <a href="/acts/13-2.htm">Acts 13:2-3</a>). Here, it underscores the desperation and need for divine deliverance, which Paul, as a type of Christ, seeks to provide through his leadership and faith.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a> The apostle and central figure in this passage, who is on a journey to Rome as a prisoner. He demonstrates leadership and care for others even in dire circumstances. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_ship's_crew_and_passengers.htm">The Ship's Crew and Passengers</a> A diverse group including sailors, soldiers, and other prisoners, all caught in a severe storm at sea, leading to a prolonged period of fasting and fear. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_storm.htm">The Storm</a> A significant event that has lasted for two weeks, causing great distress and uncertainty among those on the ship. 4. <a href="/topical/d/daybreak.htm">Daybreak</a> The time of day when Paul encourages the crew and passengers to eat, symbolizing hope and a new beginning. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_fourteenth_day.htm">The Fourteenth Day</a> Marks the duration of the storm and the period of fasting, highlighting the severity of their situation and the endurance required.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/l/leadership_in_crisis.htm">Leadership in Crisis</a> Paul exemplifies godly leadership by caring for the physical and emotional needs of those around him, even when he himself is in a vulnerable position. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_physical_sustenance.htm">The Importance of Physical Sustenance</a> Just as spiritual nourishment is vital, so is physical sustenance. Paul reminds us that taking care of our bodies is essential, especially in challenging times. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a> Despite the storm, Paul trusts in God's provision and encourages others to do the same, demonstrating faith in God's promises. <a href="/topical/e/encouragement_and_hope.htm">Encouragement and Hope</a> Paul's actions show the power of encouragement and hope, which can uplift and strengthen others during difficult times. <a href="/topical/e/endurance_and_perseverance.htm">Endurance and Perseverance</a> The fourteen days of suspense and fasting highlight the need for endurance and perseverance, trusting that God will see us through our trials.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 27</a> <a href="/q/why_didn't_sailors_recognize_malta.htm">Acts 27:39 states they did not recognize the land, yet Malta was a known port; how could experienced sailors fail to identify it? </a> <a href="/q/did_jesus_appear_to_12_or_11_disciples.htm">How many disciples did Jesus appear to after his resurrection: Twelve (1 Cor 15:5) or Eleven (Matt 27:3-5; Acts 1:9-26; Matt 28:16; Mark 16:14; Luke 24:9, 33)?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_paul_foresee_the_shipwreck.htm">In Acts 27:9-10, how could Paul, with no maritime expertise, accurately predict the ship's disaster when seasoned sailors disagreed?</a> <a href="/q/does_evidence_confirm_felix's_act.htm">Acts 24:27 notes Felix left Paul imprisoned to appease the Jews; does archeological or historical data confirm this reported political concession?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) Paul besought them all to take meat.--Better, to take food; and so in the next verse. Once again the practical insight of the Apostle--yet more, perhaps, his kindly human sympathy--comes prominently forward. Soldiers and sailors needed something that would draw them together after the incident just narrated. All were liable at once to the despair and the irritability caused by exhaustion.That ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.--Better, that ye continue on the look-out, without a meal, taking no extra food. The English somewhat exaggerates the force of the Greek. The word for "fasting" is not that which is commonly used in the New Testament to express entire abstinence from food. It was physically impossible that the two hundred and seventy-six who were on board could have gone on for fourteen days without any food at all. Scanty rations had, we must believe, been doled out to those who came for them; but the tension of suspense was so great that they had not sat down to any regular meal. They had taken, as the last word implies, nothing beyond what was absolutely necessary to keep body and soul together. What they wanted physically was food, and morally, the sense of restored companionship; and to this St. Paul's advice led them.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 33. - Some food for meat, A.V.; wait and continue for have tarried and continued, A.V. All; including the treacherous sailors whose plot he had just defeated. Having taken nothing; not meaning that they had literally been fourteen days without tasting food, which is impossible; but that they had no regular meals, only snatching a mouthful now and then in the midst of their incessant toil. <a href="/commentaries/acts/27-33.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Right δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. up to Ἄχρι (Achri) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_891.htm">Strong's 891: </a> As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to. daybreak, ἡμέρα (hēmera) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. Paul Παῦλος (Paulos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3972.htm">Strong's 3972: </a> Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle. kept urging παρεκάλει (parekalei) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3870.htm">Strong's 3870: </a> From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke. them all ἅπαντας (hapantas) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_537.htm">Strong's 537: </a> All, the whole, altogether. Absolutely all or every one. to eat: μεταλαβεῖν (metalabein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_3335.htm">Strong's 3335: </a> From meta and lambano; to participate; genitive case, to accept. “Today σήμερον (sēmeron) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_4594.htm">Strong's 4594: </a> Today, now. Neuter of a presumed compound of the article ho and hemera; on the day; generally, now. [is your] fourteenth Τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην (Tessareskaidekatēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5065.htm">Strong's 5065: </a> Fourteenth. From tessares and kai and dekatos; fourteenth. day ἡμέραν (hēmeran) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. in constant suspense, προσδοκῶντες (prosdokōntes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4328.htm">Strong's 4328: </a> To expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate. From pros and dokeuo; to anticipate; by implication, to await. without taking any food. προσλαβόμενοι (proslabomenoi) Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4355.htm">Strong's 4355: </a> (a) I take to myself, (b) I take aside, (c) I welcome. From pros and lambano; to take to oneself, i.e. Use, lead, admit. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/27-33.htm">Acts 27:33 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/acts/27-33.htm">Acts 27:33 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/acts/27-33.htm">Acts 27:33 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/acts/27-33.htm">Acts 27:33 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/acts/27-33.htm">Acts 27:33 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/27-33.htm">Acts 27:33 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/27-33.htm">Acts 27:33 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/27-33.htm">Acts 27:33 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/acts/27-33.htm">Acts 27:33 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/acts/27-33.htm">Acts 27:33 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/acts/27-33.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 27:33 While the day was coming on Paul (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/27-32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 27:32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 27:32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/27-34.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 27:34"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 27:34" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>