Oecumenius : "Therefore I insist you to take food." Paul urges them to partake of food, and he himself partakes first, persuading not by words but by deed. — Commentary on Acts Oecumenius : "For this," he says, "is for your survival," that is, to eat, in case you perish through hunger. For they had no concern for food, since the danger was not about those present. From where then did it reveal to them that the number had increased among those sailing? It was fitting for them to ask the reason for which they sail, and to learn everything. — Commentary on Acts