Acts 27:36

36 All ¹of them were encouraged and they themselves also took food.

Acts 27:36 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:36

Then were they all of good cheer
Encouraged by the apostle's words and example:

and they all took some meat;
and made a comfortable meal, which they had not done for fourteen days past.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

34 "Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish."

35 Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat.

36 All of them were encouraged and they themselves also took food.

37 All of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six persons.

38 When they had eaten enough , they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.