Then the commander having gone with attendants, brought them, not with force: for they feared the people, lest they might be stoned.

And if it is of God, ye cannot destroy it; lest ye also be found contenders against God.

Much less can any hinder water, for these not to be immersed, who received the Holy Spirit as also we?

And there being much dissension, the captain of a thousand, having dreaded lest Paul be torn asunder by them, commanded the army, having gone down, to snatch him from the midst of them, and bring into the camp.

Which having taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship: and fearing lest they might fall through into the quicksand, having loosened the vessel, so were they borne away.

And fearing lest perhaps we might fall through into rough places, having cast four anchors from the stern, prayed for day to come.

And the soldiers' counsel was that they kill the prisoners, lest any, having swum away, may escape.

For the heart of this people was thickened, and with ears heard they heavily, and their eyes they closed; lest they should see with the eyes, and with ears should hear, and with the heart they should understand, and turn back, and I should heal them.