Acts 27:24

thou must be brought[R. V.stand] before Cesar i.e. "and that this may come to pass, thou shalt be saved from the present danger."

God hath given[R. V.granted] thee This must be understood as in answer to prayer on the part of St Paul. In the midst of such peril, though no mention is made of the fact, we cannot doubt that the Apostle cried unto the Lord in his distress, and the gracious answer was vouchsafed that all should be preserved. It is not with any thought of boastfulness that he speaks thus to the heathen captain and centurion. All the praise is ascribed to God, and thus the heathen would learn that St Paul had God very near unto him.