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.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
now	παραινῶ parainō	G3867	to mispraise · verb — present active indicative, 1st person singular
exhort	ὑμᾶς hymâs	G5209	you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
you	εὐθυμεῖν· euthumein	G2114	to cheer up · verb — present active infinitive
cheer	ἀποβολὴ apobolē	G580	rejection · noun — nominative singular feminine
for	ψυχῆς psuchēs	G5590	breath · noun — genitive singular feminine
be	ἐξ ex	G1537	literal or figurative · preposition
no	ἔσομαι ésomai	G2071	will be
of	γὰρ gar	G1063	properly · conjunction
life	οὐδεμία oudemia	G3762	not even one (man · adjective — nominative singular feminine
among	ὑμῶν hymōn	G5216	of (from or concerning) you
you	πλὴν plēn	G4133	moreover (besides) · preposition
but	τὰ ta	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — accusative plural neuter
ship	πλοίου. ploiou	G4143	a sailer · noun — genitive singular neuter

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Cross-references

Acts 27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
Acts 27:36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
Isaiah 43:1-2 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called…
Psalms 112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
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.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his son…
Acts 27:44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:21–end

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 were on board - mariners, merchants, soldiers, prisoners, and other passengers, in all two hundred and seventy-six souls; this is taken notice of to make us the more concerned for them in reading the story, that they were such a considerable number, whose lives were now in the utmost jeopardy, and one Paul among them worth more than all the rest. We left them in despair, giving up themselves for gone. Whether they called every man on his God, as Jonah's mariners did, we are not told; it is well i…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 27:21

But after long abstinence--(See on Act 27:33). "The hardships which the crew endured during a gale of such continuance, and their exhaustion from laboring at the pumps and hunger, may be imagined, but are not described" [SMITH]. Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me, &c.--not meaning to reflect on them for the past, but to claim their confidence for what he was now to say:

Adam Clarke on Acts 27:22

There shall be no loss of - life - This must be joyous news to those from whom all hope that they should be saved was taken away: Act 27:20.

John Gill on Acts 27:22

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer,.... To take heart and courage, and not be cast down, though things had been thus with them, and they were now in a very melancholy plight and condition. For there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship; the ship will be lost, but not one person in it: there will be a shipwreck, and so every man's life will be in danger, and yet not one will perish; and therefore there was reason to be of good cheer, since this was what they could not, and did not expect, all hope of being saved was gone: wherefore this, if they could but believe it, must be good news to all the company; and in order to engage them to believe it, the apostle ad…

The Church Fathers

And he foretells two things; both that they must be cast upon an island, and that though the ship would be lost, those who were in it should be saved - which thing he spoke not of conjecture, but of prophecy - and that he "must be brought before Caesar." But this that he says, "God hath given thee all," is not spoken boastfully, but in the wish to win those who were sailing in the ship: for he spoke thus, not that they might feel themselves bound to him, but that they might believe what he was saying. "God hath given thee;" as much as to say, They are worthy indeed of death, since they would not listen to thee: however, this is done out of favor to thee.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 53

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Dictionary and topics

Crete — Now called Candia, one of the largest islands in the Meditterranean, about 140 miles long and 35 broad. It was at one time a very prosperous and populous island, having a “hundred cities.” The…
Haven — A harbour (Ps. 107:30; Acts 27: 12). The most famous on the coast of Palestine was that of Tyre (Ezek. 27:3). That of Crete, called “Fair Havens,” is mentioned Acts 27:8.
Ship — No one writer in the whole range of Greek and Roman literature has supplied us with so much information concerning the merchant-ships of the ancients as St. Luke in the narrative of St. Paul’s voyage…
Ships — Early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen. 49:13). Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) make reference to them, and Balaam speaks of the “ships of Chittim” (Num. 24:24). Solomon…
Mariners (Sailors) · Perils of — Perils of
Providence Of God, The · Connected with the use of means — Connected with the use of means
Trouble · .The people in the shipwreck — .The people in the shipwreck

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Acts 27:22

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 27:21

Adam Clarke on Acts 27:22

John Gill on Acts 27:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Acts 27:22

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 27:21

Adam Clarke on Acts 27:22

John Gill on Acts 27:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Acts 27:21-32

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 27:21-26