He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand.

And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?

And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,

But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with a cord round her neck, and a young one with her; let them loose and come with them to me.

Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

Keep in mind those who are in chains, as if you were chained with them, and those who are in trouble, as being yourselves in the body.

For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;

My request is for my child Onesimus, the child of my chains,

Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free.

And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:

For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;

And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging.

Saying to the sixth angel who had the horn, Make free the four angels who are chained at the great river Euphrates.

And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

Then Annas sent him chained to Caiaphas, the high priest.

For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.

And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.

And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.

And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.

And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.

Then the chief captain came near and took him, and gave orders for him to be put in chains, questioning them as to who he was and what he had done.

Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.

But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.

And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.

But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.