Acts 27:42

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then the souldiers counsell was to kill the prisoners, least any of them, when he had swomme out, should flee away.

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  • Ps 74:20 : 20 Consider thy couenant: for the darke places of the earth are full of the habitations of the cruell.
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the mercies of the wicked are cruell.
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe to the dead.
  • Mark 15:15-20 : 15 So Pilate willing to content the people, loosed them Barabbas, & deliuered Iesus, when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified. 16 Then the souldiers led him away into the hall, which is the common hall, and called together the whole band, 17 And clad him with purple, and platted a crowne of thornes, and put it about his head, 18 And began to salute him, saying, Haile, King of the Iewes. 19 And they smote him on the head with a reede, and spat vpon him, and bowed the knees, and did him reuerence. 20 And whe they had mocked him, they tooke the purple off him, and put his owne clothes on him, and led him out to crucifie him.
  • Luke 23:40-41 : 40 But the other answered, and rebuked him, saying, Fearest thou not God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 41 We are in deede righteously here: for we receiue things worthy of that we haue done: but this man hath done nothing amisse.
  • Acts 12:19 : 19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commaunded them to be led to be punished; he went downe from Iudea to Cesarea, and there abode.

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  • Acts 27:43-44
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    43But the Centurion willing to saue Paul, stayed them from this counsell, and commaunded that they that coulde swimme, shoulde cast them selues first into the sea, and goe out to land:

    44And the other, some on boardes, and some on certaine pieces of the ship: and so it came to passe that they came all safe to land.

  • Acts 27:29-32
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    29Then fearing least they should haue fallen into some rough places, they cast foure ancres out of the sterne, and wished that the day were come.

    30Nowe as the mariners were about to flee out of the ship, and had let downe the boat into the sea vnder a colour as though they would haue cast ankers out of the foreship,

    31Paul sayde vnto the Centurion and the souldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye can not be safe.

    32Then the souldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let it fall away.

  • Acts 27:37-41
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    37Nowe we were in the ship in all two hundreth three score and sixteene soules.

    38And whe they had eaten ynough, they lightened the ship, & cast out the wheat into the sea.

    39And when it was day, they knewe not the countrey, but they spied a certaine creeke with a banke, into the which they were minded (if it were possible) to thrust in the ship.

    40So when they had taken vp the ankers, they committed the ship vnto the sea, and loosed the rudder bonds, and hoised vp the maine saile to the winde, and drewe to the shore.

    41And when they fell into a place, where two seas met, they thrust in the ship: and the forepart stucke fast, and could not be moued, but the hinderpart was broken with the violence of the waues.

  • Acts 27:1
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    1Now when it was concluded, that we should sayle into Italie, they deliuered both Paul, and certaine other prisoners vnto a Centurion named Iulius, of the band of Augustus.

  • Acts 27:15-22
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    15And when the ship was caught, and could not resist the winde, we let her goe, and were caried away.

    16And we ran vnder a litle Yle named Clauda, and had much a doe to get the boat.

    17Which they tooke vp and vsed all helpe, vndergirding the ship, fearing least they should haue fallen into Syrtes, and they strake saile, and so were caried.

    18The next day when we were tossed with an exceeding tempest, they lightened the ship.

    19And the third day we cast out with our owne hands the tackling of the ship.

    20And when neither sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay vpon vs, all hope that we should be saued, was then taken away.

    21But after long abstinece, Paul stood forth in the mids of them, and said, Syrs, ye should haue hearkened to me, and not haue loosed from Candie: so should ye haue gained this hurt and losse.

    22But now I exhort you to be of good courage: for there shalbe no losse of any mans life among you, saue of the ship onely.

  • Acts 16:27-28
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    27Then the keeper of the prison waked out of his sleepe, and when he sawe the prison doores open, he drewe out his sword and would haue killed himselfe, supposing the prisoners had bin fled.

    28But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying, Doe thy selfe no harme: for we are all here.

  • Acts 27:9-13
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    9So when much time was spent, and sayling was now ieopardous, because also the Fast was nowe passed, Paul exhorted them,

    10And sayde vnto them, Syrs, I see that this voiage will be with hurt & much damage, not of the lading and ship onely, but also of our liues.

    11Neuertheles the Centurion beleeued rather the gouernour and the master of the ship, then those things which were spoken of Paul.

    12And because the hauen was not commodious to winter in, many tooke counsell to depart thence, if by any meanes they might attaine to Phenice, there to winter, which is an hauen of Candie, and lyeth toward the Southwest and by West, and Northwest and by West.

    13And when the Southerne winde blew softly, they supposing to atteine their purpose, loosed neerer, and sailed by Candie.

  • Acts 27:24-27
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    24Saying, Feare not, Paul: for thou must be brought before Cesar: and lo, God hath giuen vnto thee freely all that sayle with thee.

    25Wherefore, sirs, be of good courage: for I beleeue God, that it shall be so as it hath bene tolde me.

    26Howbeit, we must be cast into a certaine Iland.

    27And when ye fourteenth night was come, as we were caried to and fro in the Adriaticall sea about midnight, the shipmen deemed that some countrey approched vnto them,

  • Jonah 1:11-13
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    11Then saide they vnto him, What shall we doe vnto thee, that the sea may be calme vnto vs? (for the sea wrought and was troublous)

    12And he said vnto them, Take me, and cast me into the sea: so shall the sea be calme vnto you: for I knowe that for my sake this great tempest is vpon you.

    13Neuerthelesse, the men rowed to bring it to the lande, but they coulde not: for the sea wrought, and was troublous against them.

  • Acts 23:10
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    10And when there was a great dissension, the chiefe captaine, fearing lest Paul should haue bene pulled in pieces of them, commaunded the souldiers to go downe, and take him from among them, and to bring him into the castel.

  • Acts 28:18
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    18Who when they had examined me, would haue let me goe, because there was no cause of death in me.

  • Acts 21:31-32
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    31But as they went about to kill him, tydings came vnto the chiefe captaine of the band, that all Hierusalem was on an vproare.

    32Who immediately tooke souldiers & Centurions, and ran downe vnto them: and when they sawe the chiefe Captaine and the souldiers, they left beating of Paul.

  • Acts 27:6-7
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    6And there the Centurion found a ship of Alexandria, sayling into Italie, and put vs therein.

    7And when we had sayled slowly many dayes, and scarce were come against Gnidum, because the winde suffered vs not, we sailed hard by Candie, neere to Salmone,

  • Acts 23:15
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    15Nowe therefore, ye and the Council signifie to the chiefe captaine, that hee bring him foorth vnto you to morow: as though you would know some thing more perfectly of him, and we, or euer he come neere, will be readie to kill him.

  • Acts 28:16
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    16So when we came to Rome, the Centurion deliuered the prisoners to the generall Captaine: but Paul was suffered to dwell by him selfe with a souldier that kept him.

  • Acts 16:37
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    37Then sayde Paul vnto them, After that they haue beaten vs openly vncodemned, which are Romanes, they haue cast vs into prison, and nowe would they put vs out priuily? nay verely: but let them come and bring vs out.

  • Acts 23:12
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    12And when the day was come, certaine of the Iewes made an assemblie, and bounde themselues with a curse, saying, that they woulde neither eate nor drinke, till they had killed Paul.

  • Acts 28:1
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    1And when they were come safe, then they knewe that the Yle was called Melita.

  • Acts 23:21
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    21But let them not perswade thee: for there lie in waite for him of them, more then fourtie men, which haue bound themselues with a curse, that they will neither eate nor drinke, till they haue killed him: and nowe are they readie, and waite for thy promes.

  • Acts 16:23
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    23And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into prison, commaunding the Iayler to keepe them surely.

  • Acts 23:23
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    23And he called vnto him two certaine Centurions, saying, Make readie two hundred souldiers, that they may go to Cæsarea, and horsemen three score and ten, and two hundred with dartes, at the thirde houre of the night.

  • Matt 27:27
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    27Then the souldiers of the gouernour tooke Iesus into the common hall, and gathered about him the whole band,

  • Acts 26:21
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    21For this cause the Iewes caught me in the Temple, and went about to kill me.