Charles Ellicott Commentary Acts 27:24

"saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee." — Acts 27:24 (ASV)

Fear not, Paul.—The words obviously came as an answer to the prayer, prompted by the fear, not of death or danger in itself, but for fear that the cherished purpose of his heart might be frustrated when it seemed on the very verge of attainment. The words that follow imply that his prayer had not been bounded by his own interests, but had included those who were sharing the danger with him. We are reminded, by a parallelism of contrast, of the words in which Caesar commanded the pilot of his ship not to fear but to commit himself to the wind, since he carried “Caesar and the fortune of Caesar” (Plutarch, de Fortun. Rom. p. 518).