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Apostles

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The question

Were the disciples seventy or seventy two?

The answer

The discrepancy between 70 and 72 is due to an error in translation. Some translations read seventy. This is because of the way numbers translate in the Greek-based Bible versions. St. Jerome Latin Vulgate reads seventy-two.

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