Acts Chapter 27 verse 37 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 27:37

And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
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BBE Acts 27:37

And we were, in the ship, two hundred and seventy-six persons.
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DARBY Acts 27:37

And we were in the ship, all the souls, two hundred and seventy-six.
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KJV Acts 27:37

And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
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WBT Acts 27:37


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WEB Acts 27:37

In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.
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YLT Acts 27:37

(and we were -- all the souls in the ship -- two hundred, seventy and six),
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 37. - We were in all, etc. From the number of persons, two hundred and seventy- six, on board the ship it is calculated that she was of more than five hundred ions burden. The ship in which Josephus was wrecked on his way to Rome, under the procuratorship of Felix (κατὰ μέσον τὸν Ἀδρίαν), carried six hundred souls ('Life,' sect. 3). The ship of Alexandria described by Lucian is calculated to have been of above a thousand tons. The mention of the number brings before us a striking picture of so many persons at St. Paul's bidding, in the midst of so great a danger, taking a cheerful and leisurely meal together, in dependence upon a speedy deliverance promised to them in God s Name. It also adds another vivid touch to the picture of the eye-witness of what he relates. Dean Plumptre well suggests that St. Luke very likely counted the crew on the. occasion of their being all assembled together for the first time.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(37) And we were in all in the ship . . .--The number is given here, either as a fact that had been omitted before, and was not without its interest, or probably because then for the first time, when they were all gathered at their meal, the writer had taken the pains to count them. A man does not commonly count the number of passengers on board a ship until there is some special occasion, and here it comes naturally as explaining the "all" of the previous verse. It was, we may well imagine, a striking spectacle to see the two hundred and seventy-six all under the influence of one brave and faithful spirit.