Acts 27:37

And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

And {G1161} we were {G2258} in all {G3956} in {G1722} the ship {G4143} two hundred {G1250} threescore {G1440} and sixteen {G1803} souls {G5590}.

Altogether there were 276 of us on board the ship.

In all, there were 276 of us on board.

And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

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Cross-References

  • Acts 2:41 (4 votes)

    Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls.

  • Acts 7:14 (3 votes)

    Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to [him], and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

  • Romans 13:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

  • 1 Peter 3:20 (3 votes)

    Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.