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Acts 27:35

27:34 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.

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.

KJV

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.

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.

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.

27:36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.

What does Acts 27:35 mean?

Acts 27:35 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include δέ (de), οὗτος (tauta), λαμβάνω (lambano).

Greek interlinear

Andδέde/deh/G1161a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).

when

he

had

thusοὗτοςtauta/tow'-tah/G5023nominative or accusative case neuter plural of 3778; these things:--+ afterward, follow, + hereafter, X him, the same, so, such, that, then, these, they, this, those, thus.

spoken

he

tookλαμβάνωlambano/lam-ban'-o/G2983a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas 1209 is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while 138 is more violent, to seize or remove)):--accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).

bread,ἄρτοςartos/ar'-tos/G740from 142; bread (as raised) or a loaf:--(shew-)bread, loaf.

and

gave

thanksεὐχαριστέωeucharisteo/yoo-khar-is-teh'-o/G2168from 2170; to be grateful, i.e. (actively) to express gratitude (towards); specially, to say grace at a meal:--(give) thank(-ful, -s).

to

Godθεόςtheos/theh'-os/G2316of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:--X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).

in

presenceἐνώπιονenopion/en-o'-pee-on/G1799neuter of a compound of 1722 and a derivative of 3700; in the face of (literally or figuratively):--before, in the presence (sight) of, to.

of

them

all:πᾶςpas/pas/G3956including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:--all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.

andκαίkai/kahee/G2532apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.

when

he

had

brokenκλάωklao/klah'-o/G2806a primary verb; to break (specially, of bread):--break.

it,

he

beganἄρχωarcho/ar'-kho/G756middle voice of 757 (through the implication, of precedence); to commence (in order of time):--(rehearse from the) begin(-ning).

to

eat.ἐσθίωesthio/es-thee'-o/G2068strengthened for a primary edo (to eat); used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by 5315; to eat (usually literal):--devour, eat, live.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Acts 27:35 say?

Acts 27:35 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Acts 27:35 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 27:35 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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