Acts 19:7
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.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- There were about twelve men in all.
- KJV
- And all the men were about twelve.
- WEB
- They were about twelve men in all.
- ASV
- And they were in all about twelve men.
- DARBY
- And all the men were about twelve.
- BLB
- And there were in all about twelve men.
- ÅB
- Disse menn var i alt omkring tolv.
- OTB
- Det var omkring tolv menn i alt.
- B1930
- Disse menn var i alt omkring tolv.