Thematic Bible: Persons confined in
Thematic Bible
Prisons » Persons confined in » Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends
Then he gave orders to the centurion for him to be kept in custody and yet have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from ministering to him.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often subjected to extreme suffering
According to the greatness of Your
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often bound with fetters
For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.
if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households,
And
They brought him in hunting nets
So that his voice would be heard no more
On the mountains of Israel.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often executed in
He sent and had John beheaded in the prison.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often fastened in stocks
“The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be the overseer in the house of the Lord over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and in the iron collar,
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often placed in dungeons
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slew all the nobles of Judah.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Might have their condition ameliorated by the king
"But now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my petition come before you and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I may not die there." Then King Zedekiah gave commandment, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guardhouse and gave him a loaf of bread daily from the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guardhouse.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Said to be in ward
Prisons » Persons confined in » Clothed in prison dress
Prisons » Persons confined in » Fed on bread and water
and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this man in prison and feed him sparingly with bread and water until I return safely.”’”
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often kept to hard labor
Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Often chained to two soldiers
On the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Said to be in hold
And they laid hands on them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening.