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Acts 27:42

40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.

41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

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

43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

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BSB
The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
KJV
And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
WEB
The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
ASV
And the soldiers` counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any [of them] should swim out, and escape.
DARBY
And [the] counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.
BLB
Now the plan of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone, having swum away, should escape.
ÅB
Krigsfolket ville nå drepe fangene, for at ikke noen av dem skulle svømme bort og rømme;
OTB
Soldatene hadde til hensikt å drepe fangene for å hindre at noen av dem svømte bort og rømte.
B1930
Krigsfolket vilde nu drepe fangene, forat ikke nogen av dem skulde svømme bort og rømme;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 74:20

    Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

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  • Mark 15:15–20

    And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

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  • Proverbs 12:10

    A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:3

    This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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  • Acts 12:19

    And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode.

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  • Luke 23:40–41

    But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

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