Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;

Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.

Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples

For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.

And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.

I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.

And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you?

I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.

Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food or drink, or wandering, or without clothing, or ill, or in prison, and did not take care of you?

Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.

And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,

And there was one named Barabbas, in prison with those who had gone against the government and in the fight had taken life.

Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.

For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

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

Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life

And in answer to their request, he let that man go free who had been in prison for acting against the government and causing death, and Jesus he gave up to their pleasure.

For at this time John had not been put into prison.

And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.

And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,

And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news,

Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.

But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.

And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.

So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

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.

But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.

And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

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.

And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out.

And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.

Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.

And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.

But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there.

And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:

And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.

And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

Give my love to Andronicus and Junia, my relations, who were in prison with me, who are noted among the Apostles, and who were in Christ before me.

In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

But before faith came, we were kept in prison under the law, waiting for the revelation of the faith which was to come.

But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

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.

For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

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

Our brother Timothy has been let out of prison; and if he comes here in a short time, he and I will come to you together.

By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those

Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

If any man sends others into prison, into prison he will go: if any man puts to death with the sword, with the sword will he be put to death. Here is the quiet strength and the faith of the saints.

And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be let loose out of his prison,

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.

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