Hechos 27:34

34 Por favor, por su propio bien, coman algo ahora. Pues no perderán ni un solo cabello de la cabeza».

Hechos 27:34 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:34

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat
To sit down composedly, and eat meat cheerfully and freely:

for this is for your health;
the Alexandrian copy reads, "for our health"; it was for the health of them all, that they might be better able to bear the shock and fatigue of the shipwreck, and be in better spirits, and in a better capacity to help themselves, and one another:

for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you;
a proverbial phrase, expressing the utmost safety of their lives, and therefore might cheerfully eat their food, and rest themselves, and be satisfied. To dream of shaving the hair, portended shipwreck to sailors; nor was it lawful for any to pare his nails, or cut off his hair, but in a storm; to which custom, some think, the apostle here alludes ^F23; see ( 1 Samuel 14:45 ) ( 2 Samuel 14:11 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Kirchman. de funer. Rom. l. 2. c. 14. p. 212, 213.

Hechos 27:34 In-Context

32 Entonces los soldados cortaron las cuerdas del bote salvavidas y lo dejaron a la deriva.

33 Cuando empezó a amanecer, Pablo animó a todos a que comieran. «Ustedes han estado tan preocupados que no han comido nada en dos semanas —les dijo—.

34 Por favor, por su propio bien, coman algo ahora. Pues no perderán ni un solo cabello de la cabeza».

35 Así que tomó un poco de pan, dio gracias a Dios delante de todos, partió un pedazo y se lo comió.

36 Entonces todos se animaron y empezaron a comer,