Acts 27:42 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴² [Meanwhile] the soldiers had decided to kill the prisoners so that none of them would swim away and escape.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴² It was the counsel of the soldiers to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim to land and escape;

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴² The soldiers decided to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming to shore and escaping.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴² Then the soldiers were in agreement that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone, after escaping by swimming, might flee.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴² And the soldiers' counsel was, that they should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out, should escape.

Acts 27:42 Cross References

Acts 12:19

When Herod’s search for him turned up nothing, he questioned the guards, and then ordered them to be led away and executed. He then left Judea and went to Caesarea, where he stayed for awhile.

Acts 27:24

saying, ‘Do not be afraid Paul, for you must appear before Caesar, and look, God will grant you [the safety of] all these men aboard ship [along] with yourself.’

Acts 27:41

Landing where two [strong] currents met, the ship ran aground, its bow lodging [in the sand] while its stern began to break up from the driving surf.

2 Corinthians 11:26

I have been on frequent journeys; in danger from rivers; in danger from thieves; in danger from my own people; in danger from the Gentiles; in danger in the city; in danger in the desert; in danger in the ocean; in danger among false brothers.