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Acts 27:42

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The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.

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Acts 27:42 in other translations

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

Acts 27:42 · American Standard Version

Acts 27:42 in context

  1. 40Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
  2. 41But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
  3. 42The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
  4. 43But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;
  5. 44and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.