Acts 27:42

The advice of the soldiers was that the prisoners should be killed, so that none of them could swim away and make their escape.

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And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

In Context

41They got, however, into a kind of channel, and there ran the ship aground. The bows stuck fast and could not be moved, while the stern began breaking up under the strain.

43But the Roman officer, anxious to save Paul, prevented their carrying out their intention, and ordered that those who could swim should be the first to jump into the sea and try to reach the shore;

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Cross References

Psalms 74:20Look to the sleek ones – how full they are: the dark places of earth are the dwellings of violence.

Luke 23:40But the other rebuked him. “Haven’t you,” he said, “any respect for God, now that you are under the same sentence?

Matthew Henry on Acts 27:22-44

Paul's Voyage towards Rome. 21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them… Read the whole commentary →

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