Thematic Bible: Persons confined in
Thematic Bible
Prisons » Persons confined in » Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends
And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of 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 die;
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 Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, 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
The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
Who, having received such a charge, thrust 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, thrust 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
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted 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 that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Said to be in ward
Prisons » Persons confined in » Clothed in prison dress
And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him 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
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and 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 would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers 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 hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.