Diateleo describes remaining in an ongoing condition, as people had gone fourteen days without eating.

Its sole attested use describes people remaining for an extended period in the condition of having taken no food.

1. Remaining in a sustained condition · dominant

   In Acts 27:33, the present active indicative plural form occurs in Paul's statement about the fourteenth day without food; the APB renders the clause, "you have continued without food and have taken nothing."

   Acts 27:33

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 27:33, the APB presents the ongoing condition with "you have continued without food,".