Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I feel deeply moved over this crowd, because they have continued listening to me for three days now, and have nothing [left] to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry because they will become weak along the way.”
Indeed, [God even knows] the number of hairs on your head [Note: The average full head of hair has approximately 25,000 hairs]. [So], do not be afraid, for you are [much] more valuable than many sparrows.
As it was dawning, Paul urged them [i.e., the crew, soldiers and probably the passengers] to eat something, saying, “You have been waiting for fourteen days [for the weather to break] and you have continued to fast [all that time], eating nothing [at all].