The differences in the versions seem to be due to translator license and not due to any textual variation. There do not seem to be any variants for the words you indicate. I consulted the variants indicated in the apparatus of the 11th corrected edition of the Nestle-Aland Greek-English New Testament.

The Textus Receptus version of Acts 2:41 reads: They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls. What do the various Greek texts say? Does the Byzantine (Majority) text clearly say five thousand was the total, as the translations based on it suggest, and are the others ambiguous? Then those who gladly received his words were baptized, and that same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. The number of the men came to be about five thousand. WEB and EMTV add the word 'be', making it

the number of the men came to about five thousand. The King James Version says,Īcts 4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed and the number of the men was about five thousand. So I look it up in the Bible, and different translations seem to interpret it differently. Some claim there were now at least eight thousand believers, others put the total at five thousand. Later in Acts 4:4, we are told about five thousand believers, and now it is clear that they are counting men only, so the number of people was likely greater. There were added that day about three thousand souls. It appears that number included men, women, and children since the World English Bible (WEB) says,Īcts 2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. In Acts 2:41,we are told that three thousand people became believers in Christ in a single day.

Four thousand souls