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George Lamsa Translation

Acts 27:37

We were in all, on board, two hundred and seventy-six persons.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commerce;   Mariners (Sailors);   Paul;   Prophecy;   Ship;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Crete;   Euroclydon;   Julius;   Melita;   Ship;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Ship;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Person, Personhood;   Soul;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Centurion;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Italy;   Nero;   Number;   Ships and Boats;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ship ;   Soul;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Melita;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ship;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Corinth;   Lycia;   Number;   Ships and Boats;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Prayer;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In all there were 276 of us on the ship.
King James Version (1611)
And we were in all, in the ship, two hundred, threescore and sixteene soules.
King James Version
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
English Standard Version
(We were in all 276 persons in the ship.)
New American Standard Bible
We were 276 people on the ship in all.
New Century Version
There were two hundred seventy-six people on the ship.
Amplified Bible
All told there were two hundred and seventy-six of us aboard the ship.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
All of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six persons.
Legacy Standard Bible
And all of us in the ship were 276 persons.
Berean Standard Bible
Altogether there were 276 of us on board.
Contemporary English Version
There were 276 people on the ship,
Complete Jewish Bible
Altogether there were 276 of us on board the ship.
Darby Translation
And we were in the ship, all the souls, two hundred and seventy-six.
Easy-to-Read Version
(There were 276 people on the ship.)
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe we were in the ship in all two hundreth three score and sixteene soules.
Good News Translation
There was a total of 276 of us on board.
Lexham English Bible
(Now we were in all two hundred seventy six persons on the ship.)
Literal Translation
And we were, all the souls in the ship, two hundred seventy six.
American Standard Version
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
Bible in Basic English
And we were, in the ship, two hundred and seventy-six persons.
Hebrew Names Version
We were in all in the ship two hundred seventy-six souls.
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
But we were in the ship two hundred and seventy and six souls.
Murdock Translation
And there were of us in the ship two hundred and seventy-six souls.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And we were altogether in the shippe, two hudred threescore & sixteene soules.
English Revised Version
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
World English Bible
We were in all in the ship two hundred seventy-six souls.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And we were in the ship in all, two hundred and seventy-six souls.
Weymouth's New Testament
There were 276 of us, crew and passengers, all told.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And we weren alle men in the schip, two hundrid seuenti and sexe.
Update Bible Version
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
Webster's Bible Translation
And we were in all in the ship two hundred and seventy six souls.
New English Translation
(We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons on the ship.)
New King James Version
And in all we were two hundred and seventy-six persons on the ship.
New Living Translation
all 276 of us who were on board.
New Life Bible
All together there were 276 of us on the ship.
New Revised Standard
(We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons in the ship.)
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now we were, in the ship, in all, about seventy-six souls.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
Revised Standard Version
(We were in all two hundred and seventy-six persons in the ship.)
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
We were all together in ye ship two hundred thre score and sixtene soules.
Young's Literal Translation
(and we were -- all the souls in the ship -- two hundred, seventy and six),
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
We were all together in the shippe two hundreth thre score and sixtene soules.
Mace New Testament (1729)
the whole number then on board being two hundred and seventy six.
Simplified Cowboy Version
There were 276 people who ate that early morning.

Contextual Overview

21 And as no man among them had eaten anything, Paul stood up in the midst of them, and said, Men, if you had listened to me, we would not have sailed from Crete, and we would have been spared this loss and suffering. 22 Now let me counsel you not to be depressed: for not a single life among you will be lost, but only the ship. 23 For there has appeared to me this night the angel of God to whom I belong and whom I serve, 24 And he said to me, Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Csar: and behold, God has given to you all of them who sail with you. 25 Therefore, men, be of good cheer: for I have confidence in God, that it shall be just as it was told me. 26 However, we will be cast upon an island. 27 And after fourteen days of being lost and weary in the sea of A''dri-a, about midnight the sailors thought they were drawing near to land. 28 So they cast the sounding lead, and found twenty fathoms; and again, they sailed a little farther, and took soundings and found fifteen fathoms. 29 Then, fearing lest we find ourselves caught between the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern of the ship, and prayed for the dawning of day. 30 The sailors sought to desert the ship; so they lowered the ship''s boat into the sea, under pretense that they were going in it to make fast the ship to the land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

two: Acts 27:24

souls: Acts 2:41, Acts 7:14, Romans 13:1, 1 Peter 3:20

Cross-References

Genesis 25:23
And the LORD said to her, Two peoples are in your womb, and two nations shall be separated from your body; and the one nation shall be stronger than the other nation; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Genesis 27:10
And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you in the presence of the LORD before his death.
Genesis 27:12
Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a mocker; and I Shall bring a curse upon myself, and not a blessing.
Genesis 27:28
Therefore may God give you of the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth, and the abundance of wheat and wine;
Genesis 27:29
Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you; be a prince over your brethren, and let your mothers sons bow down to you; cursed be they who curse you, and blessed be they who bless you.
2 Samuel 8:14
And David appointed governors throughout all Edom, and all the Edomites became Davids servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And we were in all in the ship,.... Reckoning the master and owner of the ship, and the centurion and the soldiers, and the apostle and his company, with whatsoever passengers there might be:

two hundred and threescore and sixteen souls; the Alexandrian copy reads, "two hundred seventy and five"; and the Ethiopic version, "two hundred and six". This account of the number is given to show, that the historian, who was one of them, had an exact knowledge of all in the ship; and this being recorded before the account of the shipwreck, may serve to make the truth of the relation the more to be believed that none of them perished, since their number was so precisely known; and makes it the more marvellous, that such a number of men should be saved, and in a shipwreck; and shows, that there must be a wonderful interposition of divine power to bring them all safe to land.


 
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