Acts 27:23
New International Version
Last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me

New Living Translation
For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,

English Standard Version
For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship,

Berean Standard Bible
For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me

Berean Literal Bible
For this night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me,

King James Bible
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

New King James Version
For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve,

New American Standard Bible
For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong, whom I also serve, came to me,

NASB 1995
“For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

NASB 1977
“For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

Legacy Standard Bible
For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

Amplified Bible
For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

Christian Standard Bible
For last night an angel of the God I belong to and serve stood by me

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For this night an angel of the God I belong to and serve stood by me,

American Standard Version
For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“For tonight, an Angel of The God whose I am and whom I serve, appeared to me”,

Contemporary English Version
I belong to God, and I worship him. Last night he sent an angel

Douay-Rheims Bible
For an angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, stood by me this night,

English Revised Version
For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I know this because an angel from the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood by me last night.

Good News Translation
For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship came to me

International Standard Version
For just last night an angel of God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, stood by me

Literal Standard Version
for this night there stood by me a messenger of God—whose I am, and whom I serve—

Majority Standard Bible
For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me

New American Bible
For last night an angel of the God to whom [I] belong and whom I serve stood by me

NET Bible
For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me

New Revised Standard Version
For last night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship,

New Heart English Bible
For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

Webster's Bible Translation
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

Weymouth New Testament
For there stood by my side, last night, an angel of the God to whom I belong, and whom also I worship,

World English Bible
For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

Young's Literal Translation
for there stood by me this night a messenger of God -- whose I am, and whom I serve --

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Storm at Sea
22But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship. 23For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me 24and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’…

Cross References
Acts 5:19
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

Acts 18:9
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.

Acts 23:11
The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome."

Romans 1:9
God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.


Treasury of Scripture

For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

there.

Acts 5:19
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

Acts 12:8-11,23
And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me…

Acts 23:11
And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

whose.

Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

Deuteronomy 32:9
For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

Psalm 135:4
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

and.

Acts 16:17
The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

Psalm 116:16
O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Psalm 143:12
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

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Acts 27
1. Paul shipping toward Rome,
10. foretells of the danger of the voyage,
11. but is not believed.
14. They are tossed to and fro by a storm;
41. and suffer shipwreck;
44. yet all come safe to land.














(23) For there stood by me this night . . .--With most others of the enthusiastic type of character, visions, real or supposed, of messengers from the unseen world have produced terror and agitation. With St. Paul they are the source of a calm strength and presence of mind which he is able, in his turn, to impress on others.

Whose I am, and whom I serve.--The service implied is that of worship rather than labour. The word and thought were eminently characteristic of St, Paul. (Comp. Romans 1:9; 2Timothy 1:3.)

Verse 23. - An angel of the God whose I am, whom also for the angel of God, whose I am, and whom, A.V. and T.R. Observe Paul's open confession of God before the heathen crew.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
[Just last]
ταύτῃ (tautē)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

night
νυκτὶ (nykti)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3571: The night, night-time. A primary word; 'night'.

an angel
ἄγγελος (angelos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.

of God,
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

whose
οὗ (hou)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

I
ἐγώ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

am
εἰμι (eimi)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

whom
(hō)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

I serve,
λατρεύω (latreuō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3000: To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage.

stood beside
παρέστη (parestē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3936: Or prolonged paristano from para and histemi; to stand beside, i.e. to exhibit, proffer, recommend, substantiate; or to be at hand, aid.

me
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


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