'Prisoner' in the Bible

When Abram heard that his relative had been taken prisoner, he assembled his 318 trained men, born in his household, and they went in pursuit as far as Dan.

Now at midnight the Lord struck every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock.

“When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God hands them over to you and you take some of them prisoner, and

remove the clothes she was wearing when she was taken prisoner, live in your house, and mourn for her father and mother a full month. After that, you may have sexual relations with her and be her husband, and she will be your wife.

You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will be taken prisoner.

The prisoner is soon to be set free;he will not die and go to the Pit,and his food will not be lacking.

I will kindle a fire in the temples of Egypt’s gods, and he will burn them and take them prisoner. He will clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks lice off his garment, and he will leave there unscathed.

At the festival the governor’s custom was to release to the crowd a prisoner they wanted.

At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.

At the festival it was Pilate’s custom to release for the people a prisoner they requested.

You have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

So he took him, brought him to the commander, and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to tell you.”

Since they stayed there many days, Festus presented Paul’s case to the king, saying, “There’s a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix.

For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner and not to indicate the charges against him.”

After three days he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered he said to them: “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

But I see a different law in the parts of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body.

For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—

Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,

So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me His prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother:To Philemon our dear friend and coworker,

I appeal to you, instead, on the basis of love. I, Paul, as an elderly man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus,

But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with him the false prophet, who had performed the signs in his presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.