Acts 27:35

The NET Bible®

After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
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.

King James Version (1611)
And when hee had thus spoken, hee tooke bread, and gaue thankes to God in presence of them all, and when he had broken it, he began to eate.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all, and he broke it and began to eat.

New Century Version
After he said this, Paul took some bread and thanked God for it before all of them. He broke off a piece and began eating.

Amplified Bible
Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, and he broke it and began to eat.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat.

Legacy Standard Bible
And having said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all. And he broke it and began to eat.

Berean Standard Bible
After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

Contemporary English Version
After Paul had said this, he took a piece of bread and gave thanks to God. Then in front of everyone, he broke the bread and ate some.

Complete Jewish Bible
When he had said this, he took bread, said the b'rakhah to God in front of everyone, broke it and began to eat.

Darby Translation
And, having said these things and taken a loaf, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken it began to eat.

Easy-to-Read Version
After he said this, Paul took some bread and thanked God for it before all of them. He broke off a piece and began eating.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he had thus spoken, hee tooke bread and gaue thankes to God, in presence of them all, and brake it, and began to eate.

George Lamsa Translation
And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it, they began to eat.

Good News Translation
After saying this, Paul took some bread, gave thanks to God before them all, broke it, and began to eat.

Lexham English Bible
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.

Literal Translation
And saying these things, and taking bread, he gave thanks to God before all; and breaking, he began to eat.

American Standard Version
And when he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; and he brake it, and began to eat.

Bible in Basic English
And when he had said this and had taken bread, he gave praise to God before them all, and took a meal of the broken bread.

Hebrew Names Version
When he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to eat.

International Standard Version
After he said this, he took some bread, thanked God in front of everyone, broke it, and began to eat.1 Samuel 9:13; Matthew 15:36; Mark 8:6; John 6:11; 1 Timothy 4:3-4;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And when these he had said, he took bread, and praised Aloha before them all, and he broke and began to eat.

Murdock Translation
And having said these things, he took bread, and gave glory to God before them all; and he broke [fn] , and began to eat.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he had thus spoken, he toke bread, and gaue thankes to God in presence of them all: And when he had broken it, he began to eate.

English Revised Version
And when he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all: and he brake it, and began to eat.

World English Bible
When he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to eat.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And having spoken thus, he took bread, and gave thanks to God before them all; and having broken it, he began to eat.

Weymouth's New Testament
Having said this he took some bread, and, after giving thanks to God for it before them all, he broke it in pieces and began to eat it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he hadde seid these thingis, Poul took breed, and dide thankyngis to God in the siyt of alle men; and whanne he hadde brokun, he bigan to eete.

Update Bible Version
And when he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; and he broke it, and began to eat.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

New King James Version
And when he had said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it he began to eat.

New Living Translation
Then he took some bread, gave thanks to God before them all, and broke off a piece and ate it.

New Life Bible
After he said this, he took some bread. He gave thanks to God in front of them all. He broke it in pieces and started to eat.

New Revised Standard
After he had said this, he took bread; and giving thanks to God in the presence of all, he broke it and began to eat.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, having said these things, and taken a loaf, he gave thanks unto God before all, and, breaking it, began to eat.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had said these things, taking bread, he gave thanks to God in the sight of them all. And when he had broken it, he began to eat.

Revised Standard Version
And when he had said this, he took bread, and giving thanks to God in the presence of all he broke it and began to eat.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when he had thus spoke he toke breed and gave thankes to God in presence of the all and brake it and begane to eate.

Young's Literal Translation
and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken [it], he began to eat;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he had thus spoken, he toke bred, and gaue thankes to God before them all, and brake it, and begane to eate.

Mace New Testament (1729)
having said this, he took bread, and gave thanks to God, the whole company present: then he broke it and began to eat,

THE MESSAGE
He broke the bread, gave thanks to God, passed it around, and they all ate heartily—276 of us, all told! With the meal finished and everyone full, the ship was further lightened by dumping the grain overboard.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Paul then took some bread, broke it, gave thanks to God, and began to eat.

Contextual Overview

²¹ Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss. ²² And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost. ²³ For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me ²⁴ and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.' ²⁵ Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told. ²⁶ But we must run aground on some island." ²⁷ When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land. ²⁸ They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep. ²⁹ Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear. ³⁰ Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship's boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and gave: Acts 2:46, Acts 2:47, 1 Samuel 9:13, Matthew 15:36, Mark 8:6, Luke 24:30, John 6:11, John 6:23, Romans 14:6, 1 Corinthians 10:30, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 1 Timothy 4:3, 1 Timothy 4:4

in: Psalms 119:46, Romans 1:16, 2 Timothy 1:8, 2 Timothy 1:12, 1 Peter 4:16

Reciprocal: Matthew 14:19 - he blessed Mark 6:41 - blessed Luke 9:16 - he blessed 1 Corinthians 15:57 - thanks

Cross-References

Genesis 27:7
‘Bring me some wild game and prepare for me some tasty food. Then I will eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die.'

Genesis 27:8
Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you!

Genesis 27:19
Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau, your firstborn. I've done as you told me. Now sit up and eat some of my wild game so that you can bless me."

Genesis 27:23
He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

2 Kings 10:19
So now, bring to me all the prophets of Baal, as well as all his servants and priests. None of them must be absent, for I am offering a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of them who fail to appear will lose their lives." But Jehu was tricking them so he could destroy the servants of Baal.

Job 13:7
Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?

Malachi 2:10
Do we not all have one father? Did not one God create us? Why do we betray one another, in this way making light of the covenant of our ancestors?

2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

1 Thessalonians 4:6
In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he had thus spoken he took bread,.... A piece of bread, of common bread, into his hands; for this could never be the eucharist, or Lord's supper, which the apostle now celebrated, as some have suggested, but such sort of bread that seafaring men commonly eat: mention is before made of "meat" or "food", which the apostle entreated them to take, which includes every sort of sea provisions they had with them; and which, with the ancients, were usually the following: it is certain they used to carry bread corn along with them, either crude, or ground, or baked; the former when they went long voyages, the last when shorter ones; and it is plain that they had wheat in this ship, which after they had eaten they cast out, Acts 27:38 and corn ground, or meal, they had used to eat moistened with water, and sometimes with oil, and sometimes with oil and wine; and they had a sort of food they called "maza" which was made of meat and milk; likewise they used to carry onions and garlic, which the rowers usually ate, and were thought to be good against change of places and water; and they were wont to make a sort of soup of cheese, onions and eggs, which the Greeks call "muttootos", and the Latins "mosetum"; and they had also bread which was of a red colour, being hard baked and scorched in the oven, yea it was "biscoctus", twice baked x; as our modern sea biscuit is, and which has its name from hence, and which for long voyages is four times baked, and prepared six months before the voyage is entered on; and such sort of red bread or biscuit very probably was this, which the apostle now took into his hands, and did with it as follows:

and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all: and for them all, as Christ did at ordinary meals, Matthew 14:19.

and when he had broken it he began to eat: which was all agreeably to the custom and manner of the Jews, who first gave thanks, and then said "Amen", at giving of thanks; when he that gave thanks brake and ate first: for he that brake the bread might not break it until the "Amen" was finished by all that answered by it, at giving of thanks; and no one might eat anything until he that brake, first tasted and ate y.

x Vid. Scheffer. de Militia Navali Veterum, l. 4. c. 1. p. 252, 253, 254. y T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 47. 1. Zohar in Num. fol. 100. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And gave thanks ... - This was the usual custom among the Hebrews. See the notes on Matthew 14:19. Paul was among those who were not Christians; but he was not ashamed of the proper acknowledgment of God, and was not afraid to avow his dependence on him, and to express his gratitude for his mercy.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 35. Gave thanks to God — Who had provided the food, and preserved their lives and health to partake of it. Some think that he celebrated the holy eucharist here: but this is by no means likely: he would not celebrate such a mystery among ungodly sailors and soldiers, Jews and heathens; nor was there any necessity for such a measure.