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Acts 27:34

Acts 27:34
Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And when he had thus spoken he took bread,.... A piece of bread, of common bread, into his hands; for this could never be the eucharist, or Lord's supper, which the apostle now celebrated, as some…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Not a hair fall from the head ... - A proverbial expression, denoting “that they would be preserved safe; that none of them would be lost, and that “in their persons they should not experience the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

A hair fall from the head - A proverbial expression for, ye shall neither lose your lives nor suffer any hurt in your bodies, if ye follow my advice.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 27:21-44

We have here the issue of the distress of Paul and his fellow-travellers; they escaped with their lives and that was all, and that was for Paul's sake. We are here told (Act 27:37) what number there…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

to take some meat "Meat" in the older English was used for any kind of food, which is what the Greek signifies, "nourishment." Therefore in these verses the R. V.has everywhere "food."

this is for…