Bible Strands
Acts 27:22
But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul addresses the sailors and passengers aboard a ship during a prolonged storm after days without food. He speaks to them immediately after warning that ignoring his advice to remain in Crete caused their current disaster.
The words — παραινῶ (parainō) translates literally as "I exhort" or "I urge," while εὐθυμεῖν (euthumein) means "to keep up your courage."
The thread — The command to maintain courage appears in Acts 27:25 where Paul reiterates the promise, and in Acts 27:36 where the crew takes food after being encouraged. It parallels the divine assurance in Isaiah 43:1 to "Do not fear."
Why it lands — The text demands a practical shift from panic to steady endurance, grounding the command in a specific guarantee of survival rather than abstract comfort.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Acts 27:25 So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
- Acts 27:36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
- Isaiah 43:1 But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
- Psalms 112:7 He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
- Acts 27:34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:8 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- 1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
- Acts 27:44 The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.
- Ezra 10:2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
- Job 2:4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.