What Does Acts 27:24 Mean in the King James?

Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

Acts 27:24 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The storm has not passed, but the promise already includes every life aboard.

THE MEANING

Danger remains real, and arrival is still ahead, yet the promise holds both Paul’s calling and the people traveling with him. Their preservation is described as favor granted to the whole company.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

Your preservation is a private matter, and the people beside you are beyond its reach.

THE ROOT

κεχάρισται

kecharistai

GROWS FROM

χάρις

charis

Favor; a gracious gift or grant.

“given” in this verse is kecharistai. The Greek verb carries the sense of granting as a favor, giving this promise more texture than a bare transfer. The favor named here encompasses everyone sailing with Paul, not only his own survival.

ALSO GROWS

charis: Favor; a gracious gift.

χάρις

This is the word family’s core idea: what is granted to the travelers is framed as favor.

charisma: A gift or endowment of favor.

χάρισμα

This related word keeps the same link between a gift and the favor from which it comes.

THE PATTERN

A promise of preservation can encompass people who are still passing through danger.

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Isaiah 43:2 · KJVThe promise speaks of protection while the passage through danger is still underway.

Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

Psalm 107:30 · KJVThose caught in the storm reach safety together when the waters are brought to rest.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.

Acts 27:22 · KJVThe promise to Paul names the survival of every person aboard even as the ship remains in peril.

THE THREAD

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Romans 8:32 · KJV

“Freely give” translates a form of the same Greek verb, ⁨χαρίζομαι⁩ (charizomai), to grant as a favor. The shared word links the preservation of those aboard Paul’s ship with God’s gracious giving.

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