Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Chains » Used to confine prisoners
God sets the lonely in families. He frees the prisoners who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
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to put their kings in chains and their leaders in iron shackles,
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Today, I am removing the chains from your hands. If you would like to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you. But if you do not want to come with me to Babylon, do not come. The whole land is yours. Go wherever you want.
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It was the night before Herod was to bring him to trial. Peter was sleeping between two soldiers. He was bound with two chains. Sentries stood guard at the prison door. Suddenly God's angel came to him. A light shined in the prison. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up saying: Get up quickly. And his chains fell off of his hands.
Then the military commander came near and laid hold on him. He commanded that he be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.
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The reason I sent for you is to talk with you. I am in these chains because of the hope of Israel.
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The Lord grants mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains.
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Fetters » Good men bound with
Receiving this command he threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks.
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Then the military commander came near and laid hold on him. He commanded that he be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.
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The reason I sent for you is to talk with you. I am in these chains because of the hope of Israel.
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They tied his hands with cords and led him to the ruler, Pilate.
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Jehovah spoke his word to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, let him go at Ramah. Nebuzaradan found Jeremiah in chains along with the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being taken to Babylon.
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For Herod captured John and locked him in prison for the sake of Herodias his wife. She was his brother Philip's wife before he married her.
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It was the night before Herod was to bring him to trial. Peter was sleeping between two soldiers. He was bound with two chains. Sentries stood guard at the prison door.
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When they tied him up to be whipped Paul said to the officer standing there, Is it lawful for you to whip a Roman citizen who has not been tried for a crime?
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Paul » expounds » The gospel
Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews. When they assembled, he said to them: My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. They questioned me and were ready to set me free, for they found me not guilty of any crime deserving death. When the Jews brought charges against me again I presented my cause to Caesar for I said nothing against my nation. read more.
The reason I sent for you is to talk with you. I am in these chains because of the hope of Israel. They said to him: We have not had letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers have come to us to give an account or say any evil about you. We desire to hear your opinion concerning this sect. We have knowledge that it is attacked in all places. So they set a date with Paul. A large number of them came that day to the place where Paul was staying. From morning till night he explained his message about the Kingdom of God to them. He tried to convince them about Jesus by quoting from the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets. Some of them were convinced by his words, but others did not believe. So they left, disagreeing among themselves, after Paul had said this one thing: How well the Holy Spirit spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors! He said, Go and say to this people, 'You will listen and listen, but not understand. You will look and look, but not see. These people have closed their mind and are hard of hearing. They have shut their eyes so that their eyes never see. Their ears never hear. Their minds never understand. They never turn to me for healing.' You need to know that God has sent his salvation to people who are not Jews. They will listen. After he said this the Jews left arguing among themselves.
The reason I sent for you is to talk with you. I am in these chains because of the hope of Israel. They said to him: We have not had letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers have come to us to give an account or say any evil about you. We desire to hear your opinion concerning this sect. We have knowledge that it is attacked in all places. So they set a date with Paul. A large number of them came that day to the place where Paul was staying. From morning till night he explained his message about the Kingdom of God to them. He tried to convince them about Jesus by quoting from the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets. Some of them were convinced by his words, but others did not believe. So they left, disagreeing among themselves, after Paul had said this one thing: How well the Holy Spirit spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors! He said, Go and say to this people, 'You will listen and listen, but not understand. You will look and look, but not see. These people have closed their mind and are hard of hearing. They have shut their eyes so that their eyes never see. Their ears never hear. Their minds never understand. They never turn to me for healing.' You need to know that God has sent his salvation to people who are not Jews. They will listen. After he said this the Jews left arguing among themselves.