Acts 27:42

Modern English Version

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim away and escape.

Cross References

Psalm 74:20

Have respect for the covenant, for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man tends to the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same fate comes to all people. Moreover, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live; after that they go to the place of the dead.

Acts 12:19

When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

Acts 27:24

saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has given you all those who sail with you.’

Acts 27:41

But striking a sandbar where two seas met, they ran the ship aground. The bow stuck and remained immovable, but the stern was broken up by the violent surf.

2 Corinthians 11:26

in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brothers;