In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.
Parallel translations
- KJV And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
- BSB In all, there were 276 of us on board.
- NKJV And in all we were two hundred and seventy-six persons on the ship.
- NASB We were 276 people on the ship in all.
- NLT all 276 of us who were on board.
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Quick answer
Luke records that 276 souls were aboard the ship in all.
Overview
The exact count of those aboard underscores the eyewitness precision of the account and the magnitude of the deliverance to come. Every one of these lives had been granted to Paul by God. The specific number magnifies the mercy of God, who would bring all 276 safely to land as He promised.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Acts 2:41Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
- Acts 7:14Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
- Rom 13:1Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
- 1 Pet 3:20who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
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