Acts 27:42
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.”
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“The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 27:42 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 74:20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
- Proverbs 12:10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This 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 15:15And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
- Luke 23:40But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
- Acts 12:19After 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.
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