Act 27:42
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
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This {is} an evil among all {things} that are done under the sun, that {there is} one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness {is} in their heart while they live, and after that {they go} to the dead.
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.
And {so} Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged {him}, to be crucified.
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
A righteous {man} regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked {are} cruel. {tender...: or, bowels}
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Delivering thee from the people, and {from} the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
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.