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Acts 27:35 KJV
Acts · chapter 27 · verse 35
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.Acts 27:35 · King James Version
Acts 27:35 in context
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.
37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- presenceenōpionin the presence of, before, of occupied place in that place which is before, or over…G1799 →
- spokeneiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- spokenkaiand, also, even, indeed, butG2532 →
- thankseucharisteōto be grateful, feel thankful, give thanksG2168 →
- brokenklaōto break, used in the NT of the breaking of bread or communionG2806 →
- breadartosfood composed of flour mixed with water and baked, the Israelites made it in the form of…G740 →
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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