Acts 27:24

Fear not. How often celestial visitors have greeted human beings with these words (see Luke 1:13, 30; 2:10; Rev. 1:17). Brought before Caesar. A renewal of a previous promise (ch. 23:11), which had ever since sustained the apostle. Paul would come through the ordeal safely, and eventually reach Rome. Given thee. That is, granted thee, probably as an answer to prayer. Paul must have been often in prayer during this time of peril. All aboard the ship must have known by now that their fellow traveler was no ordinary prisoner. Paul and his Christian companions were proving to be a “savour of life unto life” (2 Cor. 2:16; cf. Gen. 18:23–32; Matt. 5:13).