Acts 27:23

Stood by me. Paul no doubt remembered the visit of the angel to his prison cell in Jerusalem, when he was told that he would yet appear before Caesar (ch. 23:11). The angel. Literally, “an angel.” For the intervention of angels on behalf of the children of God see Acts 5:19; 8:26; 12:7; cf. Heb. 1:13, 14. Whose I am. Religion is a personal thing, a personal consecration, worship and service given to a personal God. To the fearful heathen on the doomed vessel with him, Paul brings a ringing testimony. He knows the God who is about to intervene on behalf of those aboard the ship, for He belongs to Paul and Paul to Him in the mutual fellowship of service. Paul had taken upon himself the yoke of service and had become intimately acquainted with his divine yokefellow (see Matt. 11:28-30; cf. Rom. 1:9; 2 Tim. 1:3, 12).