Acts 27:36
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
Acts 27:36 in other translations
| BSB | They were all encouraged and took some food themselves. |
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| WEB | Then they all cheered up, and they also took food. |
| ASV | Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food. |
| YLT | and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food, |
| DARBY | And all taking courage, themselves also took food. |
| BBE | Then they all took heart and did the same. |
| Webster | Then they were all of good cheer, and they also took food. |
What does Acts 27:36 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…
Barnes' Notes
(+) "good cheer" "courage" (*) "meat" "food"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · 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…
Acts 27:36 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 27:36
- 2 Corinthians 1:4-6
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
- Acts 27:22
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.
- Psalms 27:14
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
- Acts 27:25
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
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Context
- 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.
- Acts 27:36
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
- Acts 27:37
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
Acts 27:36 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces todos teniendo ya mejor ánimo, comieron ellos también. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ayant tous pris courage, eux aussi prirent de la nourriture. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Alle aber, gutes Mutes geworden, nahmen auch selbst Speise zu sich. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Animæquiores autem facti omnes, et ipsi sumpserunt cibum. |