Thematic Bible: Prisoners chained to soldiers for safety
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And when he came to Rome, the under-captain delivered the prisoners to the chief captain of the host: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with one Soldier that kept him.
Then the captain came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and demanded what he was, and what he had done.
The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
And when Herod would have brought him out unto the people, the same night slept Peter between two soldiers, bound with two chains; And the keepers before the door kept the prison.