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Acts 27:42

And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

KJV

τῶν δὲ στρατιωτῶν βουλὴ ἐγένετο ἵνα τοὺς δεσμώτας ἀποκτείνωσιν, μή τις ἐκκολυμβήσας διαφύγῃ·

Greek NT

Militum autem consilium fuit ut custodias occiderent, ne quis cum enatasset, effugeret.

Vulgate

And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

ASV

And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any of them, swimming out should escape.

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βουλή
boule
noun · 12×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δεσμώτης
desmotes
noun · 2×
διαφεύγω
diapheugo
verb · 1×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
στρατιώτης
stratiotes
noun · 26×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀποκτείνω
apokteino
verb · 74×
ἐκκολυμβάω
ekkolumbao
verb · 1×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 4:18 — And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?