Verse | Translation | Text |
Ac 27:42 | Strong Concordance | And [1161] the soldiers [4757]' counsel [1012] was [1096] to [2443] kill [615] the prisoners [1202], lest [3361] any of them [5100] should swim out [1579], and escape [1309]. |
King James | And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
the soldiers' counsel was to hill the prisoners, lest any . . . should escape--Roman cruelty, which made the keepers answerable for their prisoners with their own lives, is here reflected in this cruel proposal. |