Counsel was to kill (βουλη εγενετο ινα--αποκτεινωσιν). The soldiers did not relish the idea of the escape of the prisoners. Hence …

And the soldiers' counsel, etc. Why they gave this advice is not known. It was probably, however, because Roman military discipline was ve…

And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners.—The severity of Roman law, which inflicted capital punishment on tho…

The soldiers were responsible for them. They would be held accountable if a prisoner escaped; so, with that cruelty and yet that obedience to law w…

Roman military law decreed that a guard who allowed his prisoner to escape could expect the same penalty the escaped prisoner would have suffered (…

The counsel of the soldiers. This was an utterly horrible ingratitude. Though the soldiers could thank Paul two or three times for their l…

And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners
Paul, and the rest: this they had not only an inclination to, bu…

The ship that had weathered the storm in the open sea, where it had room, is dashed to pieces when it sticks fast. Thus, if the heart becomes fixed…