Acts 27:33
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
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.
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.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.
- ASV
- And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take some food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.
- DARBY
- And while it was drawing on to daylight, Paul exhorted them all to partake of food, saying, Ye have passed the fourteenth day watching in expectation without taking food.
- BLB
- And until that day was about to come, Paul kept urging all to partake of food, saying, “Today [is] the fourteenth day you⁺ continue waiting without eating, having taken nothing.
- ÅB
- Da det nå led mot dag, ba Paulus alle ta føde til seg, og han sa: Dette er nå den fjortende dag at dere venter og lar være å spise og ikke tar noe til dere.
- OTB
- Rett før daggry oppmuntret Paulus dem alle til å spise. "I de siste fjorten dagene," sa han, "har dere vært i konstant spenning og har gått uten mat—dere har ikke spist noe.
- B1930
- Da det nu led mot dag, bad Paulus alle ta føde til sig, og han sa: Dette er nu den fjortende dag at I venter og lar være å ete og ikke tar noget til eder.