According to 1 Peter, how many people were saved through Noah’s Ark?
Answer
Eight people
According to 1 Peter, eight people were saved through Noah’s Ark. First Peter 3:20 says that a few people—eight in all—were brought safely through the water.
This count refers to Noah, his wife, their three sons, and the sons’ wives. Genesis names Noah’s three sons as Shem, Ham, and Japheth, although it does not provide the names of their wives.
The figure is stated most explicitly in the New Testament passage, rather than as a numbered list in Genesis. Genesis describes Noah’s household entering the Ark, while 1 Peter supplies the total of eight people.
The verse uses the flood as part of a discussion of salvation, baptism, and the resurrection of Jesus. That theological interpretation is distinct from the historical sequence of the Genesis narrative, but it preserves the traditional count of the Ark’s human survivors.