Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
General references
Bible References
General references
Psalm 74:20
Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, they have to go to the dead.
Mark 15:15
And Pilate, desirous of contenting the crowd, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus, when he had scourged him, that he might be crucified.
Luke 23:40
But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost thou too not fear God, thou that art under the same judgment?