Atos 27:42

42 Então o parecer dos soldados era que matassem os presos para que nenhum deles fugisse, escapando a nado.

Atos 27:42 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 27:42

And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners
Paul, and the rest: this they had not only an inclination to, but they declared it, and gave it as their opinion, and what they thought advisable to be done directly:

lest any of them should swim out and escape;
and they should be accountable for them: but this was dreadful wickedness in them to seek to take away the lives of others, when they themselves were in so much danger; and monstrous ingratitude to the Apostle Paul, who had been so much concerned for their lives, and careful of them, and had been the means of saving them, and for whose sake they were saved: the devil must have had a great hand in this.

Atos 27:42 In-Context

40 Soltando as âncoras, deixaram-nas no mar, largando ao mesmo tempo as amarras do leme; e, içando ao vento a vela da proa, dirigiram-se para a praia.

41 Dando, porém, num lugar onde duas correntes se encontravam, encalharam o navio; e a proa, encravando-se, ficou imóvel, mas a popa se desfazia com a força das ondas.

42 Então o parecer dos soldados era que matassem os presos para que nenhum deles fugisse, escapando a nado.

43 Mas o centurião, querendo salvar a Paulo, estorvou-lhes este intento; e mandou que os que pudessem nadar fossem os primeiros a lançar-se ao mar e alcançar a terra;

44 e que os demais se salvassem, uns em tábuas e outros em quaisquer destroços do navio. Assim chegaram todos � terra salvos.