Acts 27:22

22 et nunc suadeo vobis bono animo esse amissio enim nullius animae erit ex vobis praeterquam navis

Acts 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,

Acts 27:22 In-Context

20 neque sole autem neque sideribus apparentibus per plures dies et tempestate non exigua inminente iam ablata erat spes omnis salutis nostrae

21 et cum multa ieiunatio fuisset tunc stans Paulus in medio eorum dixit oportebat quidem o viri audito me non tollere a Creta lucrique facere iniuriam hanc et iacturam

22 et nunc suadeo vobis bono animo esse amissio enim nullius animae erit ex vobis praeterquam navis

23 adstitit enim mihi hac nocte angelus Dei cuius sum ego et cui deservio

24 dicens ne timeas Paule Caesari te oportet adsistere et ecce donavit tibi Deus omnes qui navigant tecum