Acts 27:42

New Testament Historical ASV (1901)

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

Acts 27:42 — American Standard Version

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Context — Acts 27

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39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it.

40And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

41But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the foreship struck and remained unmoveable, but the stern began to break up by the violence [of the waves].

42And the soldiers` counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any [of them] should swim out, and escape.

43But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stayed them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should cast themselves overboard, and get first to the land;

44and the rest, some on planks, and some on [other] things from the ship. And so it came to pass, that they all escaped safe to the land.

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