Thematic Bible: Persons confined in
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Prisons » Persons confined in » Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends
He ordered the centurion to guard Paul but to let him have some freedom and not to keep any of his friends from caring for his needs.
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Now when John heard in prison about the activities of the Messiah, he sent a message by his disciples
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I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you took care of me. I was in prison, and you visited me.'
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Prisons » Persons confined in » Often subjected to extreme suffering
They bound his feet with fetters and placed an iron collar on his neck,
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Let the cries of the prisoners reach you. With the strength of your power, release those condemned to death.
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to listen to the groans of prisoners, to set free those condemned to death,
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Prisons » Persons confined in » Often bound with fetters
because Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom Herod had married.
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If you're honest men, leave one of your brothers here in custody, then the rest of you can leave and take some grain with you to alleviate the famine that's affecting your households.
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They imprisoned him in a cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babel. Then they placed him in their dungeon where his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.
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Prisons » Persons confined in » Often executed in
So he sent word and had John beheaded in prison.
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but he beheaded and hanged the head chef, just as Joseph had interpreted for them.
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Prisons » Persons confined in » Often fastened in stocks
The LORD made you a priest instead of Jehoiada the priest to serve in the LORD's Temple as an official against every crazy prophet, and to put him in stocks and restraints.
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Having received these orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in leg irons.
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Prisons » Persons confined in » Often placed in dungeons
Having received these orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in leg irons.
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At Riblah, the king of Babylon executed Zedekiah's sons right before his eyes. He also executed all the nobles of Judah.
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Prisons » Persons confined in » Might have their condition ameliorated by the king
Now, please listen, your majesty, and pay attention to what I'm asking you. Don't make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, so I don't die there." So King Zedekiah gave the order, and they assigned Jeremiah to the courtyard of the guard. Each day they gave him a loaf of bread from the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Said to be in ward
They placed him in custody until a decision would be made to them according to the word of the LORD.
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Prisons » Persons confined in » Clothed in prison dress
Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes and had regular meals in the king's presence every day for the rest of his life,
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Prisons » Persons confined in » Fed on bread and water
Give him this order: "Place him in prison on survival rations of bread and water only until I come back safely.'"
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Prisons » Persons confined in » Often kept to hard labor
Then the Philistines grabbed him, gouged out his eyes, brought him down to Gaza, tied him up in bronze chains, and made him grind grain in their prison.
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Prisons » Persons confined in » Often chained to two soldiers
That very night, before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, and guards in front of the door were watching the prisoners.
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Prisons » Persons confined in » Said to be in hold
So they arrested them and placed them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.
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