Prisoners
42 references
- Joseph Gen. 39:20-23; 40; 41:1-44
- Jeremiah Jer. 38:6-28; 39:14
- John the Baptist Matt. 11:2; 14:3-12; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:20
- Jesus Matt. 26:47-75; 27; Mark 14:43-72; 15; Luke 22:47-71; 23; John 18:3-40; 19
- The apostles Acts 5:17-42
- Peter Acts 12:3-19
- Paul Acts 16:19-40; 21:27-40; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28
- Silas Acts 16:19-40
- Required to labor Judg. 16:21
- Sustained on bread and water of affliction 1 Kgs. 22:27
- In chains Acts 12:6
- In stocks Prov. 7:22; Jer. 29:26; Acts 16:24
- Confined
- In the court of the palace Jer. 32:2
- In the house of the scribe Jer. 37:15
- In the house of the captain of the guard Gen. 40:3
- Visited by friends Matt. 11:2; Acts 24:23
- Bound to soldiers Acts 12:6,7
- Severe hardships of, mitigated Jer. 37:20,21
- Cruelty to Jer. 38:6; Lam. 3:53,54
- See Captive
- Guards responsible for Acts 12:18,19
- Tortured to extort self-incriminating testimony Acts 22:24
- Scourged Matt. 27:26; Mark 15:15; Acts 16:23,33; 2 Cor. 6:5; 11:23,24
- Permitted to make defense Acts 24:10; 25:8,16; 26:1; 2 Tim. 4:16
- Kindness to
- By the prison guard to Jeremiah Jer. 38:7-28
- By the Philippian jailer to Paul Acts 16:33
- By Felix Acts 24:23
- By Julius, the centurion Acts 27:1,3; 28:16,30,31
- To be visited and ministered to Matt. 25:35-46
- Released at feasts Matt. 27:15-17; Mark 15:6; Luke 23:17; John 18:39
- OF WAR
- Put to death Josh. 10:16-27; 1 Sam. 15:33; 27:11; 2 Sam. 12:31; 2 Kgs. 25:7; 1 Chr. 20:3; Hos. 13:16; Amos 1:13; Lam. 3:34
- By divine command Num. 31:9,17
- Thumbs and toes cut off Judg. 1:6,7
- Blinded 2 Kgs. 25:7
- See Captive
- Consolations for Ps. 69:33; 79:11; 102:19,20; 146:7
- See Captive
- See Imprisonment
- FIGURATIVE Isa. 61:1; Luke 4:18
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.