Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

General references

Psalm 74:20

Consider the covenant [You made with Abraham],
For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man has kind regard for the life of his animal,
But even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This evil is in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all. Also, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and afterwards they go to the dead.
Mark 15:15
So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, set Barabbas free for them; and after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over [to his soldiers] to be crucified.
Luke 23:40
But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?