Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
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Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
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And nowe I exhorte you to be of good chere. For ther shalbe no losse of eny mans lyfe amonge you save of the ship only.
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But now I exhort you to be of good courage: for there shalbe no losse of any mans life among you, saue of the ship onely.
Cross-references (14)
Passages linked to Acts 27:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 27:25 Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
- Acts 27:36 Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.
- Isaiah 43:1-2 But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
- Psalms 112:7 He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.
- Acts 27:34 Therefore I beg you to take some food; for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
- 1 Samuel 30:6 David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
- Acts 27:44 and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.
- Ezra 10:2 Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
- Job 2:4 Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
- Job 22:29-30 When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person. He will even deliver him who is not innocent. Yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
- Acts 23:11 The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”
- Acts 27:31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”
- 2 Corinthians 1:4-6 who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ. But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 22 And now I exhort you to be of…
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.
Ver. 22. Be of good cheer] So Bishop Ridley being once tossed by a sad tempest, Be of good cheer, said he to the boatmen, and ply your oars; for this boat carrieth a bishop that must be burned, not drowned. So Caesar said to the ferryman in a storm, Noli timere; Caesarem fers, et fortunam Caesaris: Never fear; Caesar is of better fortune than to die by drowning. That was a memorable speech of a philosopher, who being in danger of shipwreck in a light starry night, said, "Surely I shall not perish, there are so many eyes of providence over me." Much more may a saint say so.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Provided they would do as he required of them:…
Provided they would do as he required of them: see Act 27:31. In God’s promises there is a tacit condition, which from the nature of the thing is to be understood; as in that which was made to Eli, mentioned 1Sa 2:30. Paul did foretell this so particularly, that when it was come to pass, he might gain the more reputation to the truth of the gospel which he preached, and more glory to that God whom he worshipped.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And now I exhort you to be of good…
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 adds,
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 22. There shall be no loss of -…
Verse 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: Ac 27:20.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain There shall be no loss - This must have…
There shall be no loss - This must have been cheering news to those who had given up all for lost. As Patti had manifested great wisdom in his former advice to them, they might be now more disposed to listen to him. The reason why he believed they would be safe, he immediately states.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 22. Life… ship—There were three clear points, as from…
22. Life… ship—There were three clear points, as from a dark background in the future, revealed to Paul: the safety of every life, the loss of the ship, and the falling upon some unknown island. We thus see how partial and fragmentary even a true prophetic foresight may be. Besides these three points Paul was entirely uninformed. Little did this company now sorrow for the ship if only dear life is spared.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 22. And now] i.e. though my advice was formerly…
22. And now] i.e. though my advice was formerly rejected I offer it again.
there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship] R. V. “no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.” This is more literal, but does not alter the sense. The Apostle now speaks in the confidence of a revelation. Formerly (Act_27:10) he had reasoned from the probabilities of the case.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (22) And now I exhort you to be of…
(22) And now I exhort you to be of good cheer.—Look and tone, we may well believe, helped the words. It was something in that scene of misery and dejection to see one man stand forward with a brave, calm confidence.
For there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you.—The quiet courage of the speaker’s tone must at once have struck the listeners, even before they heard the grounds on which that courage rested.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Life for any mans life, A.V.; but only for…
Life for any mans life, A.V.; but only for but, A.V., I exhort you to be of good cheer. Mr. Hobart remarks that this "has all the look of a doctor"s expression, parainein being the term for a physician giving his advice," and "euqumov eujqumein, and euqumwv being used in medical language in reference to the sick keeping up their spirits, as opposed to ajqumia and dusqumuia" (see ver. 25, note). Loss; ajpobolh, only here Rom_11:15; but found in Plato, Aristotle, Josephus, Plutarch, etc. Mark how the message of mercy and love follows the chastisement and its fruit of self-humiliation. In their prosperity and self-confidence they rejected Paul"s word at Fair Havens; they listen to it at death"s door.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 21
See notes on verse 21
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