Acts 27:33

Just before boker, Rav Sha'ul was urging everyone to take okhel (food), saying, Today is the 14 th day you have been held in suspense and are continuing without eating, having taken nothing.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 chaiyalim cut away the ropes of the lifeboat, and let it fall away, setting it adrift.

34Therefore, I encourage you to take okhel, for it is for your deliverance, for none of you will lose a hair from your heads.

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Cross References

Esther 4:16Go, gather together kol HaYehudim that are found in Shushan, and declare ye a tzom for me, and neither eat nor drink shloshet yamim, lailah vayom. I also and my na'arot will undergo a tzom likewise; and so will I go in unto HaMelech, though it is not according to the dat; and if I perish, I perish.

Acts 9:19And having received okhel (food), Rav Sha'ul regained strength. Now he was with the talmidim in Damascus several yamim.

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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