Acts 27:42

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none might swim away and escape;

Cross References

Psalm 74:20

Have regard for your covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence.

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that happens under the sun, that the same fate comes to everyone. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Acts 12:19

When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

Acts 27:24

and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before the emperor, and, indeed, God has granted safety to all those who are sailing with you.’

Acts 27:41

But striking a reef, they ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

2 Corinthians 11:26

on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own people, danger from gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers and sisters;