Thematic Bible: Prisoners chained to soldiers for safety
Thematic Bible
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Prisoners chained to soldiers for safety
When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.
Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done.
The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;
On the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.