Bible verse
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.
Acts 27:35 · BSB
The verses around it, from Acts 27.
31 But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and set it adrift.
33 Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
34 So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
35 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.
36 They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.
37 In all, there were 276 of us on board.
38 After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
39 When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
KJV
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.
ASV
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.
ERV
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.
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