Gevurot 27:22

22 "And now I advise you to have ometz lev (courage), for there will be no loss of life among you, except the oniyah.

Gevurot 27:22 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:22

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer
To take heart and courage, and not be cast down, though things had been thus with them, and they were now in a very melancholy plight and condition.

For there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the
ship;
the ship will be lost, but not one person in it: there will be a shipwreck, and so every man's life will be in danger, and yet not one will perish; and therefore there was reason to be of good cheer, since this was what they could not, and did not expect, all hope of being saved was gone: wherefore this, if they could but believe it, must be good news to all the company; and in order to engage them to believe it, the apostle adds,

Gevurot 27:22 In-Context

20 And neither shemesh (sun) nor kochavim appeared for many yamim and no small tempest assailed us. Lemaskana (finally) all tikvateinu for yeshu’ah was being abandoned.

21 And after having much loss of appetite, then Rav Sha’ul stood up in the midst of them, and said, "Anashim, you should have obeyed me and not put out to sea from Crete and thereby spared yourselves this hardship and this loss.

22 "And now I advise you to have ometz lev (courage), for there will be no loss of life among you, except the oniyah.

23 "For a malach Hashem stood by me during lailah hazeh, of the G-d whom I serve,

24 "Saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Sha’ul. It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and, hinei, Hashem has given to you all the ones sailing with you.'