Acts 27:42
“And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Acts 27:42 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
The advice of the soldiers was that the prisoners should be killed, so that none of them could swim away and make their escape.
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Der Kriegsknechte Rat aber war, daß sie die Gefangenen töten sollten, damit nicht jemand fortschwimmen und entfliehen möchte.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Entonces el acuerdo de los soldados era que matasen los presos, porque ninguno se fugase nadando.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Então o conselho dos soldados foi de que matassem aos presos, para que nenhum deles fugisse a nado.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
O plano dos soldados era matar os prisioneiros para que nenhum deles pudesse nadar e fugir.
📖 Acts 27:42 in Context
40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with 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, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
44And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
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