^27:33As day was about to dawn,¹¹⁰ Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense¹¹¹ and have gone¹¹² without food; you have eaten nothing.¹¹³^27:34Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important¹¹⁴ for your survival.¹¹⁵ For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.” ^27:35After he said this, Paul¹¹⁶ took bread¹¹⁷ and gave thanks to God in front of them all,¹¹⁸ broke¹¹⁹ it, and began to eat.

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Footnotes

110 ἄχρι 1.b.α has “ἄ. οὗ ἡμέρα ἤμελλεν γίνεσθαι until the day began to dawn 27:33.”
111 Or “have waited anxiously.” Grk “waiting anxiously.” The participle προσδοκῶντες (prosdokōntes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
112 Or “continued.”
113 Grk “having eaten nothing.” The participle προσλαβόμενοι (proslabomenoi) has been translated as a finite verb (with subject “you” supplied) due to requirements of contemporary English style.
114 Or “necessary.” πρός 1 has “πρ. τῆς σωτηρίας in the interest of safety Ac 27:34”; L&N 27.18 has “ ‘therefore, I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your deliverance’ or ‘… for your survival’ Ac 27:34.”
115 Or “deliverance” (‘salvation’ in a nontheological sense).
116 Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
117 Grk “taking bread, gave thanks.” The participle λαβών (labōn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.
118 Or “before them all,” but here this could be misunderstood to indicate a temporal sequence.
119 Grk “and breaking it, he began.” The participle κλάσας (klasas) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and without food, having taken nothing. Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength, for not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.” And when he had said these things, he took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. “For the last fourteen days,” he said, “you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you haven’t eaten anything. 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.” After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When it was about daylight, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, having eaten nothing. So I urge you to take some food. For this is for your survival, since none of you will lose a hair from your head.” After he said these things and had taken some bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all of them, and after he broke it, he began to eat.

NLTNew Living Translation

Just as day was dawning, Paul urged everyone to eat. “You have been so worried that you haven’t touched food for two weeks,” he said. “Please eat something now for your own good. For not a hair of your heads will perish.” Then he took some bread, gave thanks to God before them all, and broke off a piece and ate it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And until the day was about to come, Paul was urging them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have waited anxiously, and you have continued without eating, having taken nothing. 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.” And after he said these things and took bread, he gave thanks to God in front of them all, and after breaking it, he began to eat.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. 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. 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.

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