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276 people on Paul's ship
Acts says there were 276 people on the ship that was wrecked on the way to Rome, and all reached land safely. Acts 27:37Acts 27:44
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"In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship." After two weeks in a storm the ship ran aground and broke up. Acts 27:37Acts 27:41
Some swam and the rest came on planks and pieces of the ship, "and so it happened that they all escaped safely to the land." The island was Malta. Acts 27:43–44Acts 28:1
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Acts 27:37 WEB
37In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.
Acts 27:44 WEB
44and the rest should follow, some on planks and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.
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Paul was in a shipwreck with 276 people on board. Everyone got safely to land!