Thematic Bible: Persons confined in
Thematic Bible
Prisons » Persons confined in » Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends
And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his friends to minister unto him.
Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples
naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often subjected to extreme suffering
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often bound with fetters
For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married her.
if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:
And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often executed in
and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often fastened in stocks
Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the house of Jehovah, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in shackles.
who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often placed in dungeons
who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Might have their condition ameliorated by the king
And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee, that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers'street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Said to be in ward
And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Jehovah.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Clothed in prison dress
and changed his prison garments. And Jehoiachin did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life:
Prisons » Persons confined in » Fed on bread and water
and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often kept to hard labor
And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often chained to two soldiers
And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Said to be in hold
And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.