Acts 27:22

22 And now I exhort you to be of good courage, for there shall be no loss at all of life of [any] of you, only of the ship.

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 And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm lying on us, in the end all hope of our being saved was taken away.

21 And when they had been a long while without taking food, Paul then standing up in the midst of them said, Ye ought, O men, to have hearkened to me, and not have made sail from Crete and have gained this disaster and loss.

22 And now I exhort you to be of good courage, for there shall be no loss at all of life of [any] of you, only of the ship.

23 For an angel of the God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me this night,

24 saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted to thee all those that sail with thee.