Acts 27:42

The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

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KJV

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

ASV

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

YLT

And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,

DBT

And [the] counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.

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It should be noted that they kill someone voluntarily, and fate cannot prevent the commission of murder. So then, the soldiers voluntarily decide upon the act of murder and proceed to carry it out; however, having obeyed the centurion, they again and likewise voluntarily abandon …

Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on Acts, 1107patristic

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And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners,....

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

The soldiers counsel was to kill the prisoners - What blood-thirsty, cowardly villains must these have been! Though, through the providence of God, those poor men had escaped a watery grave, and had borne all the anxiety and distresses of this disastrous voyage, as well as the others, now that there is a likelihood of all getting safe to land that could swim, lest these should swim to shore, and so escape, those men, whose trade was in human blood, desired to have them massacred!

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

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1 Peter 4:18
And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
Mark 15:15–20
And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
Acts 12:19
After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
Luke 23:40–41
But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
Psalms 74:20
Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
Acts 26:17
I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
Acts 27:31
But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

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Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 25:4
  Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
- Genesis 33:13–14
  But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all…
- Numbers 22:28–32
  Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”
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Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and…
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:9
  The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Ecclesiastes 8:11
  When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
- Ecclesiastes 1:17
  So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
- Psalms 51:5
  Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
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Acts 12:19
After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
leads to
- Acts 16:27
  When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.

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