Acts 27:42
King James Version
Translation: KJV
40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.Select Acts 27:40
41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.Select Acts 27:41
42And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.Select Acts 27:42
43But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:Select Acts 27:43
44And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.Select Acts 27:44
Compare translations
WEB
27:42 The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
ASV
27:42 And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
King James Version (KJV) · GPL