42The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
42The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
39 When it was day, they didn't recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.
40 Casting 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.
41 But 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.
42 The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
43 But 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;
44 and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So it happened that they all escaped safely to the land.
27:42And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
27:42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping.
27:42And the soldiers' counsel was, that they should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out, should escape.
27:42And the soldiers counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them'should swim out, and escape.
27:42And the counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.
27:42And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
27:42And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
27:42And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,
27:42And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.