34 Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is necessary for your preservation. For not a hair from your head will be lost.” 35 And after he[a] said these things and took bread, he gave thanks to God in front of them all, and after[b] breaking it,[c] he began to eat. 36 So they all were[d] encouraged and partook of food themselves.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 27:35 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“said”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 27:35 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“breaking”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Acts 27:35 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Acts 27:36 Here this participle (“were”) has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style

34 Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.”(A) 35 After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it(B) and began to eat. 36 They were all encouraged(C) and ate some food themselves.

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