"Had gone. long time without food" This was probably due to the fact that no one felt like eating, it would be very difficult to prepare anything, and much of the food might have been wet. "Paul stood up in the midst and said, 'Men, you ought to have followed my advice'" This sounds like the modern expression, "I told you so". Paul is not rubbing it in; rather he is reminding them that his advice is worth something. He was an experienced traveler, in addition, he is God's servant and God reveals things about the future to him. Notice, very quickly after this "I told you so" are words of hope and encouragement. One writer has estimated that from Acts and other letters it appears that Paul had eleven voyages on the Mediterranean before this trip and had already traveled some 3500 miles by sea (Haenchen pp. 702-703).

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