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

86.7

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.