Verse 42
Acts 27:42
Literal Standard Version
42
And the soldiers’ counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone having swam out should escape,
Original Language Text
greek
τῶν δὲ στρατιωτῶν βουλὴ ἐγένετο ἵνα τοὺς δεσμώτας ἀποκτείνωσιν, μή τις ἐκκολυμβήσας διαφύγῃ·
English Translation
And the soldiers made a plan to kill the prisoners, lest any escape by swimming.
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Chapter 27 Context
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And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others,...
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and having embarked in a ship of Adramyttium, we, being about to sail by the coasts of Asia, set sai...
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on the next day also we touched at Sidon, and Julius, courteously treating Paul, permitted him, havi...
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And there, having set sail, we sailed under Cyprus, because of the winds being contrary,
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and having sailed over the sea down by Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myria of Lycia,
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and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria, sailing to Italy, put us into it,
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and having sailed slowly many days, and with difficulty coming down by Cnidus, the wind not permitti...
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and hardly passing it, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city of...
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And much time being spent, and the sailing now being dangerous—because of the fast also being alread...
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saying to them, “Men, I perceive that with hurt, and much damage, not only of the load and of the sh...
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but the centurion gave more credence to the pilot and to the shipowner than to the things spoken by...
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and the haven being not well placed to winter in, the greater part gave counsel to sail from there,...
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and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained their purpose, having lifted ancho...
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and not long after, there came down from it a turbulent wind that is called the Euroclydon,
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and the ship being caught, and not being able to bear up against the wind, having given her up, we w...
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and having run under a certain little island called Clauda, we were hardly able to become masters of...
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which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall...
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And we, being exceedingly storm-tossed, the succeeding day they were making a clearing,
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and on the third day we cast out the tackling of the ship with our own hands,
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and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little storm lying on us, from then on...
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And there having been long fasting, then Paul having stood in the midst of them, said, “It was neces...
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and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there will be no loss of life among you—but of the shi...
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for this night there stood by me a messenger of God (Elohim)—whose I am, and whom I serve—
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saying, Do not be afraid Paul; it is necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and behold, God (Eloh...
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for this reason be of good cheer, men! For I believe God (Elohim), that so it will be, even as it ha...
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and on a certain island it is necessary for us to be cast.”
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And when the fourteenth night came—we being carried up and down in the Adria—toward the middle of th...
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and having sounded they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and again having sou...
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and fearing lest we may fall on rough places, having cast four anchors out of the stern, they were w...
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And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretens...
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Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “If these do not remain in the ship—you are not able...
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then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and permitted it to fall off.
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And until the day was about to be, Paul was calling on all to partake of nourishment, saying, “Fourt...
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for this reason I call on you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of yo...
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and having said these things, and having taken bread, he gave thanks to God (Elohim) before all, and...
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and all having become of good cheer, also took food themselves,
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(and we were—all the souls in the ship—two hundred, seventy-six),
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and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into...
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And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but were perceiving a certain bay having a...
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and having taken up the anchors, they were committing it to the sea, at the same time—having loosed...
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and having fallen into a place of two seas, they ran the ship aground, and the prow, indeed, having...
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And the soldiers’ counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone having swam out shoul...
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but the centurion, resolving to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and commanded those able...
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and the rest, some indeed on boards, and some on certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pas...
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