Acts 27:42 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 27:42

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

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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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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9 verses on the floor

1 Peter 4:18
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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.
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.
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 Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.

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9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, 10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

) that for their sakes he had like to have been killed, but for his sake they were preserved. Note, It is no new thing for the innocent to be numbered among the transgressors.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

the soldiers' counsel was to hill the prisoners, lest any . . . should escape--Roman cruelty, which made the keepers answerable for their prisoners with their own lives, is here reflected in this cruel proposal.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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