acts 27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. - Free Bible Online

      33-37. while day was coming on--"until it should be day"; that is, in the interval between the cutting off of the boat and the approach of day, which all were "anxiously looking for" (Ac 27:29).
      Paul--now looked up to by all the passengers as the man to direct them.
      besought them all to take meat--"partake of a meal."
      saying, This is the fourteenth day ye have tarried--"waited for a breathing time."
      having eaten nothing--that is, taken no regular meal. The impossibility of cooking, the occupation of all hands to keep down leakage, &c., sufficiently explain this, which is indeed a common occurrence in such cases.

JFB.