Acts 27:34

to take some meat "Meat" in the older English was used for any kind of food, which is what the Greek signifies, "nourishment." Therefore in these verses the R. V.has everywhere "food."

this is for your health [R. V.safety.] The R. V.is the better rendering of the Greek, and agrees with what has been said on Acts 27:32. The men when they had eaten would be able to do more towards their own preservation.

there shall not a hair fall, &c. The best MSS. have "perish" instead of "fall," and so R. V.The phrase is a proverbial one to express complete deliverance. Cp. 1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 1:52; Luke 21:18.