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Acts 27:42

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial

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KJV ORIGINAL

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

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

The soldiers were planning to kill all the prisoners because they were worried some of them might swim away and escape during the chaos.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When things got messy, the soldiers' solution was to eliminate the prisoners rather than risk them getting away.

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The night before Herod was going to put Peter on trial, Peter was literally sleeping between two guards, chained up with two chains, while more guards watched the prison door.

After arresting Peter, Herod threw him in prison and assigned sixteen soldiers to guard him — four squads taking shifts around the clock. His plan was to wait until after Passover, then drag Peter out for a public trial.

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