Acts 27:21
21MuchΠολλῆςalsoτεtime without foodἀσιτίαςthere beingὑπαρχούσηςat that timeτότεhaving stood upσταθεὶςὁPaulΠαῦλοςinἐνmidstμέσῳof themαὐτῶνhe saidεἶπεν·It behooved [you]Ἔδειindeedμέν,Oὦmenἄνδρες,having been obedientπειθαρχήσαντάςto meμοιnotμὴto have set sailἀνάγεσθαιfromἀπὸτῆςCreteΚρήτηςto have incurredκερδῆσαίthenτεtheτὴνdisasterὕβρινthisταύτηνandκαὶτὴνlossζημίαν.
There being also much time without food, at that time having stood up in their midst, Paul said, “It was necessary indeed, O men, having been obedient to me, not to have set sail from Crete and to have incurred this disaster and loss.
Vocab difficulty
Rare words
ἀσιτίας
ἀσιτία
either: lack or wheat, lack of food (the literal meaning), or: abstinence from food, a fast, loss of appetite, sea-sickness (the extended meaning).
Ἔδει
δέω
I bind
πειθαρχήσαντάς
πειθαρχέω
I obey one in authority, conform to advice, obey, follow.
ὕβριν
ὕβρις
(a) insult, injury, outrage, (b) damage, loss.
ζημίαν
ζημία
damage, loss, detriment.