Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Chains » Used to confine prisoners
The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter's side and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands.
Then the commander came up and arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
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For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."
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May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;
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