TopicGovernment & SocietyBoth Testaments
prisoners
Scripture addresses prisoners within God's sovereign ordering of nations and human authority.
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Books
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Sub-Topics
Overview
Explore what the Bible says about prisoners. This collection of 8 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.
Topical Index
38 sub-topics from Nave's Topical Bible
Joseph
Genesis 39:20-23Genesis 40Genesis 41:1-44
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 38:6-28Jeremiah 39:14
John the Baptist
Matthew 11:2Matthew 14:3-12Mark 6:17Luke 3:20
Jesus
Matthew 26:47-75Matthew 27Mark 14:43-72Mark 15Luke 22:47-71Luke 23+2 more
The apostles
Acts 5:17-42
Peter
Acts 12:3-19
Paul
Acts 16:19-40Acts 21:27-40Acts 22Acts 23Acts 24Acts 25+3 more
Silas
Acts 16:19-40
Required to labor
Judges 16:21
Sustained on bread and water of affliction
1 Kings 22:27
In chains
Acts 12:6
In stocks
Proverbs 7:22Jeremiah 29:26Acts 16:24
Confined
In the court of the palace
Jeremiah 32:2
In the house of the scribe
Jeremiah 37:15
In the house of the captain of the guard
Genesis 40:3
Visited by friends
Matthew 11:2Acts 24:23
Bound to soldiers
Acts 12:6,7
Severe hardships of, mitigated
Jeremiah 37:20,21
Cruelty to
Jeremiah 38:6Lamentations 3:53,54
Guards responsible for
Acts 12:18,19
Tortured to extort self-incriminating testimony
Acts 22:24
Scourged
Matthew 27:26Mark 15:15Acts 16:23,332 Corinthians 6:52 Corinthians 11:23,24
Permitted to make defense
Acts 24:10Acts 25:8,16Acts 26:12 Timothy 4:16
Kindness to
... and 13 more sub-topics
Key Verses
1
Genesis 39:20-23
Joseph
2
Jeremiah 38:6-28
Jeremiah
3
Matthew 11:2
John the Baptist
4
Matthew 26:47-75
Jesus
5
Acts 5:17-42
The apostles
6
Acts 12:3-19
Peter
7
Acts 16:19-40
Paul
8
Acts 16:19-40
Silas
9
Judges 16:21
Required to labor
10
1 Kings 22:27
Sustained on bread and water of affliction