Acts 27:42

27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

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

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The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.

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

27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

What does Acts 27:42 mean?

Acts 27:42 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include δέ (de), στρατιώτης (stratiotes), βουλή (boule).

Greek interlinear

Andδέde/deh/G1161a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).

the

soldiers'στρατιώτηςstratiotes/strat-ee-o'-tace/G4757from a presumed derivative of the same as 4756; a camper-out, i.e. a (common) warrior (literally or figuratively):--soldier.

counselβουλήboule/boo-lay'/G1012from 1014; volition, i.e. (objectively) advice, or (by implication) purpose:--+ advise, counsel, will.

wasγίνομαιginomai/ghin'-om-ahee/G1096a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.

toἵναhina/hin'-ah/G2443probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result):--albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.

killἀποκτείνωapokteino/ap-ok-ti'-no/G615from 575 and kteino (to slay); to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy:--put to death, kill, slay.

the

prisoners,δεσμώτηςdesmotes/des-mo'-tace/G1202from the same as 1201; (passively) a captive:--prisoner.

lestμήme/may/G3361a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.

any

themτὶςtis/tis/G5100an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).

should

swim

out,ἐκκολυμβάωekkolumbao/ek-kol-oom-bah'-o/G1579from 1537 and 2860; to escape by swimming:--swim out.

and

escape.διαφεύγωdiapheugo/dee-af-yoo'-go/G1309from 1223 and 5343; to flee through, i.e. escape:--escape.

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What does Acts 27:42 say?

Acts 27:42 (King James Version) reads: "And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape."

Is Acts 27:42 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 27:42 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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