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Acts 27:42
New English Translation
Acts 27:42
New English Translation
42 Now the soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners[a] so that none of them would escape by swimming away.[b]
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- Acts 27:42 sn The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners. The issue here was not cruelty, but that the soldiers would be legally responsible if any prisoners escaped and would suffer punishment themselves. So they were planning to do this as an act of self-preservation. See Acts 16:27 for a similar incident.
- Acts 27:42 tn The participle ἐκκολυμβήσας (ekkolumbēsas) has been taken instrumentally.
Acts 27:42
New International Version
Acts 27:42
New International Version
42 The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping.
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