'Prisoners' in the Bible
arrested Joseph, and locked him up in the same prison where the king's prisoners were confined. So Joseph remained there in prison.
So the prison warden entrusted into Joseph's care all the prisoners who were confined in prison. Whatever they did, Joseph was in charge of the work detail.
"If you go to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your control, you may take some prisoners captive.
If you see among the prisoners a beautiful woman and you desire her, then you may take her as your wife.
The army of Judah captured another 10,000 prisoners and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down from there where they all were dashed to pieces.
In that place, those who once were prisoners will be at ease together; they won't hear the voice of oppressors.
God causes the lonely to dwell in families. He leads prisoners into prosperity, but rebels live on parched land.
Let the cries of the prisoners reach you. With the strength of your power, release those condemned to death.
to listen to the groans of prisoners, to set free those condemned to death,
who brings justice for the oppressed, and who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners;
who made the world like a desert, who destroyed its cities, who would not open the jails for his prisoners?'
"The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed and to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners;
When any of the prisoners of the earth are crushed underfoot,
"They all come to oppress hordes of them, their faces pressing onward they take prisoners as numerous as the desert sand!
Now concerning you and my blood covenant with you, I have liberated your prisoners from a waterless pit.
Return to your fortress, you prisoners who have hope. Even today I am telling you: In return I will repay you double.
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,
That very night, before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, and guards in front of the door were watching the prisoners.
Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.
When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were transferred to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the emperor's division.
The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners to keep them from swimming ashore and escaping,
For you sympathized with the prisoners and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, because you know that you have a better and more permanent possession.