Acts 27:42

New English Translation

Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.

Cross References

Psalm 74:20

Remember your covenant promises, for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives – then they die.

Acts 12:19

When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

Acts 27:24

and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’

Acts 27:41

But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

2 Corinthians 11:26

I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,