Acts 27:42
The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
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Psalm 74:20
Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.

Mark 15:15-20
And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified. . . .

Luke 23:40, 41
But the other one rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment? . . .

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New American Standard Bible
The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape;

King James Bible
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

International Standard Version
The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming ashore and escaping,

NET Bible
Now the soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The Soldiers had wanted to kill the prisoners, lest they would take to swimming and escape from them.
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