Acts 27:24

“Saying, fear not, Paul, etc.] For though the apostle knew and believed he should go to Rome, and appear before Caesar, to whom he had appealed, and where he should bear a testimony for Christ; and though he had previous notice of this storm, and of the loss and damage which should be sustained, and which he expected; yet the flesh was weak, and he might be under some fears and misgivings of heart, for these sometimes attend the best of men. Thou must be brought before Caesar; as has been declared, and therefore cannot be lost in this storm; it is the will and decree of God, which cannot be frustrated, it must be: and lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee; that is, God had…”

“saying, Fear not, Paul: thou must be brought before CÃ&brvbrsar and, lo, God hath given thee all . . . that sail with thee--While the crew were toiling at the pumps, Paul was wrestling in prayer, not for himself only and the cause in which he was going a prisoner to Rome, but with true magnanimity of soul for all his shipmates; and God heard him, "giving him" (remarkable expression!) all that sailed with him. "When the cheerless day came he gathered the sailors (and passengers) around him on the deck of the laboring vessel, and raising his voice above the storm" [HOWSON], reported the divine communication he had received; adding with a noble simplicity, "for I believe God that it shall be…”

“Fear not, Paul - Do not be alarmed with the danger of the loss of life. Thou must be brought ... - And therefore thy life will be spared. God hath given thee all ... - That is, they shall all be preserved with thee. None of their lives shall be lost. This does not mean that they would be converted, but that their lives would be preserved. It is implied here that it was for the sake of Paul, or that the leading purpose of the divine interposition in rescuing them from danger was to save his life. The wicked often derive important benefits from being connected with Christians, and God often confers important favors on them in his general purpose to save his own people. The lives of the wicked…”

“God hath given - Paul had prayed for them. And God gave him their lives; perhaps their souls also. And the centurion, subserving the providence of God, gave to Paul the lives of the prisoners. How wonderfully does his providence reign in the most contingent things! And rather will many bad men be preserved with a few good, (so it frequently happens,) than one good man perish with many bad. So it was in this ship: so it is in the world. Thee - At such a time as this, there was not the same danger, which might otherwise have been, of St. Paul's seeming to speak out of vanity, what he really spoke out of necessity. All the souls - Not only all the prisoners, as Julius afterward did, Act 27:43;…”

“Fear not: Act 18:9, Act 18:10; Gen 15:1, Gen 46:3; Kg1 17:13; Kg2 6:16; Isa 41:10-14, Isa 43:1-5; Mat 10:28; Rev 1:17 thou: Act 9:15, Act 19:21, Act 23:11, Act 25:11; Mat 10:18; Joh 11:9; Ti2 4:16, Ti2 4:17; Rev 11:5-7 lo: Act 27:37; Gen 12:2, Gen 18:23-32, Gen 19:21, Gen 19:22, Gen 19:29, Gen 30:27, Gen 39:5, Gen 39:23; Isa 58:11, Isa 58:12; Mic 5:7; Jam 5:16 Acts 27:25”