14 Bible Verses about Breaking Chains
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when suddenly there was such a violent shock of earthquake that the prison shook to its foundations. Instantly the doors all flew open, and the chains fell off from every prisoner.
for many a time he had been left securely bound in fetters and chains, but afterwards the chains lay torn link from link, and the fetters in fragments, and there was no one strong enough to master him.
This man lived among the tombs, nor could any one now secure him even with a chain;
For already He had been commanding the foul spirit to come out of the man. For many a time it had seized and held him, and they had repeatedly put him in chains and fetters and kept guard over him, but he used to break the chains to pieces, and, impelled by the demon, to escape into the Desert.
Then I saw an angel coming down from Heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and upon his arm he carried a great chain.
His reply was, "What can you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief? Why, as for me, I am ready not only to go to Jerusalem and be put in chains, but even to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell; and, striking Peter on the side, he woke him and said, "Rise quickly." Instantly the chains dropped off his wrists.
But God has raised Him to life, having terminated the throes of death, for in fact it was not possible for Him to be held fast by death.
for the Spirit's Law-- telling of Life in Christ Jesus--has set me free from the Law that deals only with sin and death.
Through the tender compassion of our God, Through which the daybreak from on high will come to us,
And constantly, day and night, he remained among the tombs or on the hills, shrieking, and mangling himself with sharp stones.
A man who has kept the Law as a whole, but has failed to keep some one command, has become guilty of violating all.
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,
So Peter was kept in prison; but long and fervent prayer was offered to God by the Church on his behalf.
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