Be quick and make terms with your opponent, so long as you and he are on the way to court, in case he hands you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and you are thrown into prison;

Now when John heard in prison what the Christ was doing, he sent his disciples

For Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip,

he sent and had John beheaded in the prison,

But he refused; he went and had him thrown into prison, till he should pay the debt.

I was unclothed and you clothed me, I was ill and you looked after me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

when did we see you ill or in prison and visit you?'

I was a stranger but you never entertained me, I was unclothed but you never clothed me, I was ill and in prison but you never looked after me.'

Then they will answer too, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or unclothed or ill or in prison, and did not minister to you?'

For this Herod had sent and arrested John and bound him in prison on account of his marriage to Herodias the wife of his brother Philip;

so the king at once sent one of the guard with orders to bring his head. The man went and beheaded him in the prison,

(There was a man called Bar-Abbas in prison, among the rioters who had committed murder during the insurrection.)

crowned all by shutting John up in prison.

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.

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.

"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.)

(John had not yet been thrown into prison).

they laid hands on the apostles and put them into the public prison,

but an angel of the Lord opened the prison-doors during the night and brought them out, saying,

With these orders they went into the temple about dawn and proceeded to teach. Meantime the high priest and his allies met, called the Sanhedrin together and the council of seniors belonging to the sons of Israel, and then sent to prison for the men.

But as the attendants did not find them when they got to the prison, they came back to report,

"We found the prison safely locked up with the sentries posted at the doors, but on opening the doors we found no one inside!"

However, someone came and reported to them, "Here are the very men you put in prison, standing in the temple and teaching the people!"

but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.

After arresting him he put him in prison, handing him over to a guard of sixteen soldiers, with the intention of producing him to the People after the passover.

So Peter was closely guarded in prison, while earnest prayer for him was offered to God by the church.

The very night before Herod meant to have him produced, Peter lay asleep between two soldiers; he was fastened by two chains, and sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.

He beckoned to them to keep quiet and then described to them how the Lord had brought him out of prison. "Report this to James," he said, "and to the brothers." And off he went to another place.

had many lashes inflicted on them and put them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safe.

On receiving so strict a charge, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

all of a sudden there was a great earthquake which shook the very foundations of the prison; the doors all flew open in an instant and the fetters of all the prisoners were unfastened.

When the jailer started from his sleep and saw the prison-doors open, he drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, supposing the prisoners had made their escape;

But Paul replied, "They flogged us in public and without a trial, flogged Roman citizens! They put us in prison, and now they are going to get rid of us secretly! No indeed! Let them come here themselves and take us out!"

they went to appease them and after taking them out of prison begged them to leave the town.

So they left the prison and went to Lydia's house, where they saw the brothers and encouraged them; then they departed.

As they were spending several days there, Festus laid Paul's case before the king. "There is a man," he said, "who was left in prison by Felix.

I did so in Jerusalem. I shut up many of the saints in prison, armed with authority from the high priests; when they were put to death, I voted against them;

Ministers of Christ? yes perhaps, but not as much as I am (I am mad to talk like this!), with all my labours, with all my lashes, with all my time in prison ??a record longer far than theirs. I have been often at the point of death;

It is only natural for me to be thinking of you all in this way, for alike in my prison and as I defend and vindicate the gospel, I bear in mind how you all share with me in the grace divine.

but the former proclaim Christ for their own ends, with mixed motives, intending to annoy me as I lie in prison.

This salutation is in my own hand, from Paul. 'Remember I am in prison. Grace be with you.'

for which I have to suffer imprisonment as if I were a criminal. (But there is no prison for the word of God.)

I appeal to you on behalf of my spiritual son born while I was in prison. It is Onesimus!

Remember prisoners, as if you were in prison yourselves; remember those who are being ill-treated, since you too are in the body.

Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.

But when the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison,