Then the captain going with the officers brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it, and take heed lest ye be found even fighting against God.

Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken in the prophets.

And as a great disturbance arose, the tribune fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.

Which having taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they struck sail, and so were driven.

And fearing lest they should fall upon some rocky ground, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.

And the counsel of the soldiers was, to kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim away and escape.

For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and with their ears they hear heavily, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted, and I should heal them.