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

Acts 27:37 · KJV

“And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.”

— Acts 27:37

Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took {some} meat.

And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

Acts 27 — Context

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.

Cross References

Acts 2:41

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added {unto them} about three thousand souls.

Romans 13:1

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. {ordained: or, ordered}

Acts 7:14

Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to {him}, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

1 Peter 3:20

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.