42. At this critical juncture there was exhibited by the soldiers an instance of depravity even greater than that of the sailors the night before. They owed their present prospect of safety to the watchfulness of Paul, yet they felt no apparent gratitude to him, and while hoping to escape themselves, they were regardless of the lives of himself and the other prisoners. (42) " Now the purpose of the soldiers was, that they would kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out and escape. " Such is the depravity of human nature, when void of religious truth, and trained to the cruelties of war.

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