Acts 27:36

Tyndale New Testament

Then were they all of good cheare and they also toke meate.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
All the men felt better and started eating too.

Revised Standard Version
Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves.

Hebrew Names Version
Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.

International Standard Version
All of them were encouraged and had something to eat.

New American Standard Bible
All of them were encouraged and they themselves also took food.

New Century Version
They all felt better and started eating, too.

Update Bible Version
Then they were all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then they were all of good cheer, and they also took food.

English Standard Version
Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves.

World English Bible
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took food.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then were they all incouraged, and they also took meat.

Weymouth's New Testament
This raised the spirits of all, and they too took food.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle weren maad of betere coumfort, and thei token mete.

English Revised Version
Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.

Berean Standard Bible
They were all encouraged and took some food themselves.

Contemporary English Version
They all felt encouraged, and each of them ate something.

Amplified Bible
Then all of them were encouraged and their spirits improved, and they also ate some food.

American Standard Version
Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.

Bible in Basic English
Then they all took heart and did the same.

Complete Jewish Bible
With courage restored, they all ate some food themselves.

Darby Translation
And all taking courage, themselves also took food.

Etheridge Translation
And they were all comforted, and received food.

Murdock Translation
And they were all consoled; and they took nourishment.

King James Version (1611)
Then were they all of good cheere, and they also tooke some meat.

New Living Translation
Then everyone was encouraged and began to eat—

New Life Bible
They all were comforted. Each one ate some food.

New Revised Standard
Then all of them were encouraged and took food for themselves.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then were they all of good courage, and they also tooke meate.

George Lamsa Translation
Then they were all cheerful, and received nourishment.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, all becoming, of good cheer, they also, helped themselves to food.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then were they all of better cheer: and they also took some meat.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then were they all of good cheare, and they also toke meate.

Good News Translation
They took courage, and every one of them also ate some food.

Christian Standard Bible®
They all were encouraged and took food themselves.

King James Version
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.

Lexham English Bible
So they all were encouraged and partook of food themselves.

Literal Translation
And all having become cheered, they also took food.

Young's Literal Translation
and all having become of good cheer, themselves also took food,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then were they all of good cheare, and toke meate also.

Mace New Testament (1729)
at which they all took heart and fell a eating likewise,

New English Translation
So all of them were encouraged and took food themselves.

New King James Version
Then they were all encouraged, and also took food themselves.

Simplified Cowboy Version
This got everyone else to eating, and the mood brightened a little.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
All of them were encouraged and they themselves also took food.

Legacy Standard Bible
And all of them became cheerful and they themselves also took food.

Contextual Overview

²¹ Then after longe abstinence Paul stode forth in the myddes of them and sayde: Syrs ye shulde have harkened to me and not have lowsed from Candy nether to have brought vnto vs this harme and losse. ²² And nowe I exhorte you to be of good chere. For ther shalbe no losse of eny mas lyfe amonge you save of the ship only. ²³ For ther stode by me this nyght the angell of God whose I am and whom I serve ²⁴ sayinge: feare not Paul for thou must be brought before Cesar. And lo God hath geven vnto the all that sayle with ye. ²⁵ Wherfore Syrs be of good chere: for I beleve God that so it shalbe even as it was tolde me. ²⁶ How be it we must be cast into a certayne ylonde. ²⁷ But when ye fourtethe nyght was come as we were caryed in Adria about mydnyght the shipmen demed that ther appered some countre vnto the: ²⁸ and sounded and founde it .xx. feddoms. And when they had gone a lytell further they sounded agayne and founde .xv. feddoms. ²⁹ Then fearinge lest they shuld have fallen on some Rocke they cast .iiii. ancres out of the sterne and wysshed for ye daye. ³⁰ As the shipmen were about to fle out of the ship and had let doune the bote into the see vnder a coloure as though they wolde have cast ancres out of the forshippe:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they all: Psalms 27:14, 2 Corinthians 1:4-6

Reciprocal: Acts 27:22 - I exhort

Cross-References

John 1:47
Iesus sawe Nathanael commynge to him and sayde of him. Beholde a ryght Israelite in who is no gyle.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then were they all of good cheer,.... Encouraged by the apostle's words and example:

and they all took some meat; and made a comfortable meal, which they had not done for fourteen days past.