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 attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.
Proverbs 12:10
The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event is to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after it -- unto the dead.
Mark 15:15
and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus -- having scourged him -- that he might be crucified.
Luke 23:40
And the other answering, was rebuking him, saying, 'Dost thou not even fear God, that thou art in the same judgment?