Criminals
9 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
Confined in Prisons
- Genesis 39:20–23 So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison, …
- Ezra 7:26 If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
- Acts 4:3 They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
- Acts 12:4–5 He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover. …
- Acts 16:19–40 When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace. …
Released at Feasts
- Matthew 27:15 Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
- Matthew 27:21 “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.
- Mark 15:6 Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.
- Luke 23:17
Related topics
Criminals in DungeonsPhilippiSilasJailer (Jailor) of Philippi, ConvertedPrisonsPaul is Released by the Civil Authorities on the Grounds of his Being a Roman Citizen
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.