But before all that, men will lay hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and prisons; you will be dragged before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

Thus, when you go before the magistrate with your opponent, do your utmost to get quit of him on the way there, in case he hales you before the judge; then the judge will hand you over to the jailer and the jailer will throw you in prison.

"Lord," he said, "I am ready to go with you to prison and to death."

(This was a man who had been put into prison on account of a riot which had taken place in the city and also on a charge of murder.)

crowned all by shutting John up in prison.