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Acts 27:34 KJV
Acts · chapter 27 · verse 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.Acts 27:34 · King James Version
Acts 27:34 in context
32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
33And 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.
34Wherefore 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.
35And 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.
36Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- healthsōtēriadeliverance, preservation, safety, salvation, deliverance from the molestation of…G4991 →
- prayparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
- takeproslambanōto take to, take in addition, to take to one s self, to take as one s companion, to take…G4355 →
- meattrophēfood, nourishmentG5160 →
- hairthrixthe hair of the head, the hair of animalsG2359 →
- fallpiptōto descend from a higher place to a lower, to fall , to be thrust down, metaph. to fall…G4098 →
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We have here the issue of the distress of Paul and his fellow-travellers; they escaped with their lives and that was all, and that was for Paul's sake.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-44