ACTS 27:37 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.”
Altogether there were 276 of us on the ship. - Luke provides an exact count: 276 people. This specific number (not a round estimate) authenticates Luke's account and emphasizes Paul's promise that 'not one will be lost.' The large number underscores the magnitude of the salvation: Paul's faith in God's word becomes the means through which 276 souls are preserved. The precision invites the reader to verify and trust the narrative.
Church Fathers on Acts 27:37
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. And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted up the mainsail to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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