Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 27:34

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 27:34 - 27:34

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 27:34 - 27:34

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34. τοῦτο γὰρ πρὸς τῆς ὑμετέρας σωτηρίας ὑπάρχει, for this is for your safety; because the men when they had been strengthened by a proper meal would be able to do more towards their own preservation.

For πρός with a genitive, meaning ‘in the interest of,’ ‘to the advantage of,’ cf. Thuc. II. 86, ἡ ἐν στενῷ ναυμαχία πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίων ἐστίν.

οὐδενὸς γὰρ ὑμῶν θρὶξ ἀπὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἀπολεῖται, for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you. The phrase (with a variation between πεσεῖται and ἀπολεῖται) is a proverbial one to express complete deliverance. See LXX. 1Sa 14:45, ζῇ κύριος, εἰ πεσεῖται τριχὸς τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. So 2Sa 14:11; 1Ki 1:52; and Luk 21:18.