The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping. - The soldiers, seeing the wreck, 'planned to kill the prisoners' (bouleuomai apoktenno tous desmious, bouleuomai apoktenno tous desmious-'decided to kill the captives'). Their logic is military (prevent escapes) and practical (prisoners are liabilities). The death sentence, which seemed to have been suspended at Caesarea and throughout the voyage, resurfaces here in this moment of chaos. Paul's word about being saved 'everyone' (pantas, pantas) becomes crucial.

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