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Webster's Bible Translation

Acts 27:37

And we were in all in the ship two hundred and seventy six souls.

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.
George Lamsa Translation
We were in all, on board, two hundred and seventy-six persons.
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.
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 But after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of life among you, but of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cesar: and lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it will be even as it was told to me. 26 But we must be cast upon a certain isle. 27 When the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen suspected that they drew near to some country: 28 And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found [it] fifteen fathoms. 29 Then fearing lest we should fall upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. 30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would cast anchors out of the foreship,

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 nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels: and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Genesis 27:10
And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
Genesis 27:12
My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
Genesis 27:28
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Genesis 27:29
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee; be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed [be] every one that curseth thee, and blessed [be] he that blesseth thee.
2 Samuel 8:14
And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever 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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