Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.
and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food,
And all taking courage, themselves also took food.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 27:14Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
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But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
Be strong and courageous, all you who hope in the LORD.
Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
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Acts 27:25So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
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Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
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Acts 27:22But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.
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So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches4
But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
Voices3
"He took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all, he broke it and began to eat." Since Paul saw that they had believed out of necessity and that the time was not opportune to announce Christ to them, as they were …
Ammonius of Alexandria· CATENA ON THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 27.35-36, 300patristic
Then were they all of good cheer,.... Encouraged by the apostle's words and example: and they all took some meat; and made a comfortable meal, which they had not done for fourteen days past.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat--"took food"; the first full meal since the commencement of the gale. Such courage in desperate circumstances as Paul here showed is wonderfully infectious.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
