Thematic Bible: Keepers of
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Prisons » Keepers of » Often used severity
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and stayed there many days.
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So now please listen, my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Don’t send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
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Prisons » Keepers of » Sometimes acted kindly
He took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds. Right away he and all his family were baptized. He brought them up into his house, set a meal before them, and rejoiced because he had believed God with his entire household.
But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him. He granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
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Prisons » Keepers of » Responsible for the prisoners
After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them in jail, ordering the jailer to keep them securely guarded.
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When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.
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Prisons » Keepers of » Sometimes entrusted the care of the prison to well-conducted prisoners
The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph's authority, and he was responsible for everything that was done there. The warden did not bother with anything under Joseph's authority, because the Lord was with him, and the Lord made everything that he did successful.
Prisons » Keepers of » Put to death if prisoners escaped
After Herod had searched and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
Prisons » Keepers of » Strictly guarded the doors
On the night before Herod was to bring him out for execution, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.
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