Acts 27 · Verse 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.
Acts 27:34, King James Version

Acts 27:34 in other translations

BSBSo for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
WEBTherefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”
ASVWherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.
YLTwherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'
DARBYWherefore I exhort you to partake of food, for this has to do with your safety; for not a hair from the head of any one of you shall perish.
BBESo I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.
WebsterWherefore I pray you to take some food; for this is for your health: for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you.

What does Acts 27:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 27:33-37

33-37. while day was coming on--"until it should be day"; that is, in the interval between the cutting off of the boat and the approach of day, which all were "anxiously looking for" (Ac 27:29). Paul--now looked up to by all the passengers as the man to direct them. besought them all to take meat--"partake of a meal." saying, This is the fourteenth day ye have tarried--"waited for a breathing time." having eaten…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 34. Not an hair fall from the head, This is a proverbial expression, denoting that they should be preserved safe; that none of them should be lost; and that in their persons they should not experience the least damage, 1Sam 14:45, 1Kgs 1:52.

(a) "for your health" Mt 15:32, 1Timm 5:23 (b) "shall not an hair fall" 1Kgs 1:52, Mt 10:30, Lk 12:7, 21:18

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 27:30-38

God, who appointed the end, that they should be saved, appointed the means, that they should be saved by the help of these shipmen. Duty is ours, events are God's; we do not trust God, but tempt him, when we say we put ourselves under his protection, if we do not use proper means, such as are within our power, for our safety. But how selfish are men in general, often even ready to seek their own safety by the…

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Acts 27:34 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

διὸdioThereforeG1352
παρακαλῶparakalōI exhortG3870
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771
μεταλαβεῖνmetalabeinto partakeG3335
τροφῆς·trophēsof food;G5160
τοῦτοtoutothisG3778
γὰρgarindeedG1063
πρὸςprosforG4314
τῆςtēs<the>G3588
ὑμετέραςhumeterasof youG4771
σωτηρίαςsōtēriaspreservationG4991
ὑπάρχει·huparcheiis;G5225
οὐδενὸςoudenosnot [one]G3762
γὰρgarforG1063
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771
θρὶξthrixa hairG2359
ἀπὸapoofG575
τῆςtēstheG3588
κεφαλῆςkephalēsheadG2776
ἀπολεῖται.¶apoleitaiwill perish.G622

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 27:34

  • Matthew 10:30

    But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

  • 1 Kings 1:52

    And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.

  • Luke 21:18

    But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

  • Mark 8:2-3

    I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

  • Luke 12:7

    But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

  • 1 Timothy 5:23

    Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

  • Philippians 2:5

    Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

  • Matthew 15:32

    Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

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for this.
Mt 15:32; Mr 8:2,3; Php 2:5; 1Ti 5:23
for there.
1Ki 1:52; Mt 10:30; Lu 12:7; 21:18

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Context

  • Acts 27:33

    And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

  • 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.

  • Acts 27:35

    And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.

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Acts 27:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto, os ruego que comáis por vuestra salud: que ni aun un cabello de la cabeza de ninguno de vosotros perecerá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		c’est pourquoi je vous exhorte à prendre de la nourriture, car cela est nécessaire pour votre conservation; car pas un cheveu de la tête d’aucun de vous ne périra.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Deshalb ermahne ich euch, Speise zu nehmen, denn dies gehört zu eurer Erhaltung; denn keinem von euch wird ein Haar des Hauptes verloren gehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Propter quod rogo vos accipere cibum pro salute vestra: quia nullius vestrum capillus de capite peribit.