King James Version
Acts 27:37 in the King James Version says “And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.”
Acts 27:37 · KJV
And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
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“souls”
G5590breath, i.e., (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from g4151, wh
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