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
Look to thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth were filled with habitations of violence.
Proverbs 12:10
The just one shall know the soul of his cattle: and the compassion of the unjust are cruel.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This an evil in all being done under the sun, thus one event is to all: and also the heart of the sons of man being full of evil, and folly in their heart in their living, and after it to their deaths.
Mark 15:15
And Pilate, willing to satisfy the crowd, loosed to them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, having scourged, that he might be crucified.
Luke 23:40
And the other having answered, censured him, saying, Shouldest thou not fear God, for thou art in the same judgment?