Thematic Bible: Used for confining
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Prisons » Used for confining » Persons under the king's displeasure
For it was Herod himself who had sent for John and had him arrested and chained up in prison. He did this to please Herodias, who was [i.e., had been] his brother Philip's wife, but whom Herod had married.
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Prisons » Used for confining » Enemies taken captive
Prisons » Used for confining » Persons accused of heresy
But Saul brought devastation to the church by entering everyone's house and dragging men and women off to jail.
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So, these [Jewish] leaders arrested Peter and John and put them in jail until the next day because it was [already] evening.
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and arrested the apostles and put them in jail.
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Prisons » Used for confining » Condemned criminals till executed
So, Peter was arrested and put in jail with four groups of four soldiers each guarding him. Herod planned to have him brought before the people after the Passover Festival was over. So, Peter was kept in jail, but the church continued to pray earnestly to God for him. [See verse 12].
Prisons » Used for confining » Debtors till they paid
It is true when I say to you, you will not be released from there until you have paid the last coin. [Note: The coin mentioned here amounted to about ten minutes' worth of a farm laborer's pay, or a little over one dollar in 1994].
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But he would not do it. Instead, he took him and had him thrown into prison until he paid [him] all he owed.
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Prisons » Used for confining » Suspected persons
Prisons » Used for confining » Persons accused of crimes
[Now] Barabbas was a person who had been thrown into prison for [inciting] a rebellion in the city [of Jerusalem] and for committing murder.
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