Acts 27:33

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.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

32Then the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat, and they allowed it to fall.

34For this reason, I beg you to accept food for the sake of your health. For not a hair from the head of any of you shall perish.”

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Cross References

Esther 4:16“Go and gather together all the Jews whom you will find in Susa, and pray for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days and three nights, and I will fast with my handmaids similarly, and then I will go in to the king, doing what is against the law, not having been called, and so expose myself to mortal danger.”

Acts 9:19And when he had taken a meal, he was strengthened. Now he was with the disciples who were at Damascus for some days.

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:22-44

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them… Read the whole commentary →

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