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Acts 27:33 Cross-References
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“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 27:33 (KJV)
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Commentary on Acts 27:33
While the day was coming on—Paul seized the psychological moment between darkness and dawn to address the ship's crisis. This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting emphasizes sustained distress; the Greek asitoi (without food) suggests anxiety-induced inability to eat, not religious fasting. Two weeks of terror had depleted them physically and spiritually.Paul's exhortation (parekalei, 'besought') shows pastoral concern for practical needs. The apostle modeled spiritual leadership addressing whole-person welfare—not just souls but bodies, not merely eternal desti...
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