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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Paul addresses the crew and passengers aboard a ship during the fourteenth day of a storm, urging them to eat after a period of suspense.

The words — παρακαλῶ (parakalō) means "I exhort" or "I urge," and μεταλαβεῖν (metalabein) translates literally to "to partake."

The thread — The assurance that "not a single hair of your head will be lost" appears in Matthew 10:30, 1 Kings 1:52, and Luke 21:18.

Why it lands — The text commands physical nourishment while guaranteeing divine preservation; a reader must obey the instruction to eat and trust the stated promise of safety.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Matthew 10:30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
1 Kings 1:52 And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
Luke 21:18 Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.
Mark 8:2 “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
Luke 12:7 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
1 Timothy 5:23 Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
Matthew 15:32 Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”
Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: