KJV King James Version
And all the men were about twelve.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 19:7
And all the men were about twelve.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
There were about twelve men in all.
WEB World English Bible
They were about twelve men in all.
ASV American Standard Version
And they were in all about twelve men.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and all the men were, as it were, twelve.
Surrounding context — Acts 19
4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5 When they heard [this], they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
7 And all the men were about twelve.
8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
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