Acts 27:36
What does Acts 27:36 mean?
A plain-English look at Acts 27:36 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Acts 27:36 means
As a result of Paul’s example and promise, everyone is encouraged and also eats. Courage spreads through shared action rooted in hope. This communal meal does more than refill calories; it restores order, trust, and readiness. The verse shows how one person’s faith can catalyze a whole group’s recovery. The storm still rages, but fear no longer rules. They are preparing to act decisively when dawn reveals their options. In the economy of God, encouragement is as strategic as equipment in turning a desperate crowd into a company capable of survival.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then they all took heart and did the same.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Then were they all of better cheer: and they also took some meat.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And all taking courage, themselves also took food.
Context
Following Paul’s public thanksgiving and eating, the entire company follows suit, taking food and cheer. This sets the stage for the final preparations to reach land. The next verses will count the souls aboard—two hundred threescore and sixteen—and note that after eating, they further lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat. With energy restored and weight reduced, they will wait for daylight and seek a beach to run the ship aground.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 27:14
Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
- Acts 27:25
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.
- 2 Corinthians 1:4
who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
- Acts 27:22
And now I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
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