22And 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; …
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. …
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-44)We have here the issue of the distress of Paul and his fellow-travellers; they escaped with their lives and that was all, and that was for Paul’s sake. We are here told (Acts 27:37) what number there were on board—mariners, merchants, soldiers, prisoners, and other passengers, in all two hundred and seventy-six souls; this is taken notice of to make us the more concerned for them in reading the st…
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