<p>27:36 <em>Then they all were encouraged and ate some food themselves</em>- His repeated exhortation &quot;Be of good cheer... be of good cheer&quot; (:22,25) was taken to heart by them: &quot;Then were they all of good cheer&quot; (AV). And like a father with sick children, Paul got them, against their will initially, to sit down to a good wholesome meal.</p>