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 [itself] Paul was permitted to live alone except for a soldier who guarded him.
Then the commanding officer approached Paul, took hold of him and ordered him to be secured with two chains. He then questioned him as to who he was and what he had done.
[But], may the Lord grant mercy to Onesiphorus' family, for he cheered me up many times and was not ashamed of my [being in] chains.
Then on the night that Herod was planning to have him brought [before the court], Peter was asleep, chained between two soldiers, with guards stationed at the jail doors.