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Acts 27:37

New Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Acts 27:37 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
Acts 27:37 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 27

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
34Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.
35And when he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all; and he brake it, and began to eat.
36Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.
37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it.
40And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And we were in all in the ship, etc.] 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…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“two: Act 27:24 souls: Act 2:41, Act 7:14; Rom 13:1; Pe1 3:20 Acts 27:38”
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