TopicGovernment & SocietyBoth Testaments

prisoners

Scripture addresses prisoners within God's sovereign ordering of nations and human authority.

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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

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