<p>27:24 <em>Saying: Fear not Paul. You must stand before Caesar-</em> The Angel was repeating the Lord's words to Paul of 23:11. We are left to imagine the Lord Jesus in heaven itself with the Angels around Him, aware of His words and visitation of Paul; and now repeating their Lord's words. I have argued earlier that Paul was obsessed with getting to Rome to witness to Christianity. And the Lord took on board that wish, and although the path taken by Paul to achieve it through appealing to a hearing by Caesar was not ideal, He still went along with Paul and would enable it, through all the trauma of the shipwreck.</p><p><em>And God has granted you the lives of all those who sail with you</em>- As God gave Paul all the men who sailed with him, so we have been given to the Lord Jesus. Of those whom God gave the Lord Jesus, He lost none (Jn. 17:12). This verse is clear evidence of salvation for the sake of third parties (as Mk. 2:5 and often).</p>