Acts 27:42
The soudyers councell was to kyll ye presoners, lest eny of them whan he had swymmed out, shulde flye awaye.
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- Ps 74:20 : 20 O delyuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto the beestes, & forget not the congregacon of the poore for euer.
- Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his catell, but the vngodly haue cruell hertes.
- Eccl 9:3 : 3 Amonge all thinges yt come to passe vnder the Sonne, this is a misery, that it happeneth vnto all alyke. This is the cause also that the hertes of men are full of wickednesse, & madd foolishnesse is in their hertes as longe as they lyue, vntill they dye.
- Mark 15:15-20 : 15 So Pylate thought to satisfie the people, and gaue Barrabas lowse vnto them, and delyuered the Iesus, to be scourgd & crucified. 16 And the soudyers led him in to the como hall, and called the whole multitude together, 17 and clothed him with purple, and plated a crowne of thorne, and crowned him withall, 18 and beganne to salute him: Hayle kynge of the Iewes. 19 And smote him vpon the heade with a rede, and spytted vpo him, and fell vpo the kne, & worshipped him. 20 And wha they had mocked him, they toke ye purple of him, and put his clothes vpon him, & led him out, that they might crucifye him.
- Luke 23:40-41 : 40 Then answered the other, rebuked him, and sayde: And thou fearest not God also, which art yet in like danacion. 41 And truly we are therin be right, for we receaue acordinge to oure dedes. As for this man, he hath done nothinge amysse.
- Acts 12:19 : 19 Whan Herode had called for him, and founde him not, he caused the kepers to be examyned, and commaunded the to be caried awaye, and he wente downe fro Iewry vnto Cesarea, and there abode.
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- Acts 27:43-442 verses89%
43 But the vndercaptayne wyllinge to saue Paul, keped them from their purpose, and commaunded that they which coulde swymme, shulde cast them selues first in to the see, and escape vnto londe:
44 and the other, some on bordes, some on broken peces of the shippe. And so it came to passe, that all the soules came safe vnto londe.
- Acts 27:29-324 verses80%
29 Then fearinge lest they shulde fall on some rocke, they cast foure anckers out of the sterne, and wysshed for the daye.
30 Whan the shipmen were aboute to flye out of the shippe, and let downe the bote in to the see, (vnder a coloure as though they wolde cast ankers out of the fore shippe)
31 Paul sayde to ye vndercaptayne and to the soudyers: Excepte these byde in the shippe, ye can not be saued.
32 Then the soudyers cut of the rope from the bote, and let it fall.
- Acts 27:37-415 verses80%
37 We were all together in the shippe two hundreth thre score and sixtene soules.
38 And whan they had eaten ynough, they lightened the shippe, and cast out the wheate in to the see.
39 Whan it was daye, they knewe not the londe. But they spyed an hauen with a banke, in to which they were mynded (yf it were possible) to thrust in the shippe.
40 And whan they had take vp the anckers, they commytted them selues to the see, and lowsed the rudder bandes, and hoyssed vp the mayne sayle to the wynde, and drue towarde londe.
41 And whan we chaunced on a place which had the see on both the sydes, the shippe dasshed vpon it. And the fore parte abode fast vnmoued, but the hynder parte brake thorow the violence of the wawes.
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1 Whan it was concluded that we shulde sayle in to Italy, they delyuered Paul and certayne other presoners to the vndercaptayne named Iulius, of the Emperours soudyers.
- Acts 27:15-228 verses73%
15 And whan the shippe was caught, and coulde not resist ye wynde, we let her go, and draue with the wedder.
16 But we came to an Ile named Claudia, where we coulde scarce get a bote.
17 Which they toke vp, and vsed helpe, and bounde it vnder harde to the shippe, fearinge lest they shulde haue fallen in to the Syrtes, and let downe the vessell, and so were caried.
18 And whan we had bydden a greate tepest, on the nexte daye they made an outcastinge.
19 And on the thirde daye with oure awne handes we cast out the tacklynge of the shippe.
20 But wha nether Sonne ner starres appeared in many dayes, and no small tempest laye vpon vs, all the hope of oure life was taken awaye.
21 And after longe abstinence, Paul stode forth in the myddes of the, and sayde: Syrs, ye shulde haue herkened vnto me, and not to haue lowsed from Candy, and not to haue broughte vs this harme and losse.
22 And now I exhorte you to be of good cheare, for there shal none of oure lyues perishe, but the shippe onely.
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27 Wha the keper of the preson waked out of slepe, and sawe the preson dores open, he drue out his swerde, and wolde haue kylled him selfe: for he thoughte ye presoners had bene fled.
28 But Paul cryed loude, and sayde: Do thy self no harme, for we are all here.
- Acts 27:9-135 verses72%
9 Now whan moch tyme was spent, and saylinge was now ioperdous, because that they also had fasted ouerlonge, Paul exhorted them,
10 and sayde vnto them: Syrs, I se that this saylinge wyl be with hurte and moch dammage, not onely of the ladynge and of the shippe, but also of oure lyues.
11 Neuertheles ye vndercaptayne beleued the gouernoure of the shippe and ye master, more then it that was spoken of Paul.
12 And for somoch as the haue was not comodious to wynter in, the more parte off them toke councell to departe thece, yf by eny meanes they might come to Phenices to wynter there, which is an hauen of Candy, towarde the Southwest and Northwest wynde.
13 Whan the South wynde blewe, they supposinge to haue had their purpose, lowsed vnto Asson, and sayled past all Candy.
- Acts 27:24-274 verses72%
24 & saide: Feare not Paul, thou must be broughte before the Emperoure. And lo, God hath geuen vnto the all the that sayle with the.
25 Wherfore syrs be of good cheare: for I beleue God, yt it shal come so to passe, as it was tolde me.
26 Howbeit we must be cast in to a certayne ylonde.
27 But whan the fourtenth night came, as we were caried in Adria aboute mydnight, ye shipmen demed that there appeared some countre vnto them,
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11 and sayde morouer vnto him: What shall we do vnto the, that the see maye ceasse from troublinge vs? (for the see wrought and was troublous)
12 he answered them: Take me, and cast me in to the see, so shal it let you be in rest: for I wote, it is for my sake, that this greate tempest is come vpon you.
13 Neuerthelesse, the men assayed with rowinge, to brynge the shippe to lode: but it wolde not be, because the see wrought so, & was so troublous agaynst them.
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10 But whan the discension was greate, ye vpper captayne feared, that Paul shulde haue bene pluckte a sonder of them, and commaunded the soudyers to go downe, and to take him from them, and to brynge him in to the castell.
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18 which wha they had examyned me, wolde haue let me go, for so moch as there was no cause of death i me.
- Acts 21:31-322 verses70%
31 But whan they wete aboute to kyll him, tydinges came to the chefe captayne of the company, that all Ierusalem was moued.
32 Which immediatly toke soudyers and captaynes vnto him, and ranne in amoge them. Whan they sawe the captayne and the soudyers, they lefte smytinge of Paul.
- Acts 27:6-72 verses69%
6 And there the vndercaptayne founde a shippe of Alexadria, ready to sayle in to Italy, and put vs therin.
7 And whan we had sayled slowly, and in many dayes were scarcely come ouer agaynst Gnydon (for the wynde with stode vs) we sayled by Candy nye vnto the cite off Salmo,
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15 Now therfore geue ye knowlege to the vpper captayne and to the councell, that he maye brynge him forth vnto you tomorow, as though ye wolde heare him yet better: As for vs, we are ready to kyll him, or euer he come nye you.
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16 But wha we came to Rome, the vndercaptayne delyuered the presoners to ye chefe captayne. As for Paul, he had leue to byde alone with one soudyer that kepte him.
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37 But Paul sayde vnto them: They haue beaten vs openly vncondempned (where as we are yet Romaynes) and haue cast vs in preson, and shulde they now thrust vs out preuely? Not so, but let them come them selues, and brynge vs out.
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12 Now whan it was daye, certayne of the Iewes gathered them selues together, and made a vowe nether to eate ner drynke, tyll they had kylled Paul.
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1 And wha we were escaped, we knewe that the Ile was called Melite.
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21 But folowe not thou their myndes, for there laye wayte for him mo then fortye men off them, which haue bounde them selues with a vowe, nether to eate ner drynke, tyll they haue slayne Paul: and euen now are they redye, and loke for thy promes.
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23 And whan they had beaten them sore, they cast the in preson, and commaunded the iayler, to kepe them diligetly.
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23 And he called vnto him two vndercaptaynes, and sayde: Make redye two hundreth soudyers, that they maye go to Cesarea, and thre score and ten horsmen, and two hundreth speare men at the thirde houre of the nighte,
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27 Then the debites soudyers toke Iesus, in to the comon hall, and gathered the whole multitude ouer him,
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21 For this cause the Iewes toke me in the temple, and wente aboute to kyll me.