Acts 27:42
Strong's Lexicon
The
Τῶν (Tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

soldiers
στρατιωτῶν (stratiōtōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4757: A soldier. From a presumed derivative of the same as stratia; a camper-out, i.e. A warrior.

planned
βουλὴ (boulē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1012: Counsel, deliberate wisdom, decree. From boulomai; volition, i.e. advice, or purpose.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

kill
ἀποκτείνωσιν (apokteinōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 615: To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prisoners
δεσμώτας (desmōtas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1202: A prisoner, captive. From the same as desmoterion; a captive.

so none
μή ()
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

of them
τις (tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

could swim
ἐκκολυμβήσας (ekkolymbēsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1579: To swim out (of the water). From ek and kolumbao; to escape by swimming.

to freedom.
διαφύγῃ (diaphygē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1309: To escape by flight. From dia and pheugo; to flee through, i.e. Escape.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

Young's Literal Translation
And the soldiers’ counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,

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

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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping.

New Living Translation
The soldiers wanted to kill the prisoners to make sure they didn't swim ashore and escape.

English Standard Version
The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any should swim away and escape.

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.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,
















Cross References
Acts 12:19
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.

Acts 27:24
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

Acts 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.

2 Corinthians 11:26
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Acts 27:40
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.

Acts 27:39
And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.

Acts 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:

Acts 27:44
And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

Acts 28:1
And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
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