Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Chains » Used to confine prisoners
Now just as Herod was going to bring him out, that is, the very night before, Peter was fastened with two chains and was sleeping between two soldiers, and the guards were at the door guarding the prison. And suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in his cell, and by striking Peter on the side the angel woke him, and said, "Get up quickly!" At once the chains fell off his hands.
Then the colonel came up and seized Paul and ordered him to be bound with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.
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Now it is for this reason that I invited you to come, namely, to see you and speak with you, for it is on account of Israel's hope that I am wearing this chain."
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May the Lord show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often cheered me and was not ashamed of the chains I wore.
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