Prisoners
54 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
28 sections
- Bound to Soldiers
- Confined in the Court of the Palace
- Confined in the House of the Captain of the Guard
- Confined in the House of the Scribe
- Cruelty To
- Figurative
- Guards Responsible For
- Jeremiah
- Jesus
- John the Baptist
- Joseph
- Kindness To by Felix
- Kindness To by Julius, the Centurion
- Kindness To by the Philippian Jailer to Paul
- Kindness To by the Prison Guard to Jeremiah
- Paul
- Permitted to Make Defense
- Peter
- Released at Feasts
- Required to Labor
- Scourged
- Severe Hardships of, Mitigated
- Silas
- Sustained on Bread and Water of Affliction
- The Apostles
- To be Visited and Ministered To
- Tortured to Extort Self-Incriminating Testimony
- Visited by Friends
Bound to Soldiers
- Acts 12:6–7 On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison. …
Confined in the Court of the Palace
- Jeremiah 32:2 At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.
Confined in the House of the Captain of the Guard
- Genesis 40:3 and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
Confined in the House of the Scribe
- Jeremiah 37:15 The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
Cruelty To
- Jeremiah 38:6 So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank …
- Lamentations 3:53–54 They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me. …
Figurative
- Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
- Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
Guards Responsible For
- Acts 12:18–19 At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. …
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 38:6–28 So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank …
- Jeremiah 39:14 had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
Jesus
- Matthew 26:47–75 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people. …
- Matthew 27:1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
- Mark 14:43–72 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, scribes, and elders. …
- Mark 15:1 Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
- Luke 22:47–71 While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him. …
- Luke 23:1 Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate.
- John 18:3–40 So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons. …
- John 19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
John the Baptist
- Matthew 11:2 Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples
- Matthew 14:3–12 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, …
- Mark 6:17 For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
- Luke 3:20 Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
Joseph
- 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, …
- Genesis 40:1 Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:1–44 After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile, …
Kindness To by Felix
- Acts 24:23 He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
Kindness To by Julius, the Centurion
- Acts 27:1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
- Acts 27:3 The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
- Acts 28:16 When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
- Acts 28:30–31 Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him. …
Kindness To by the Philippian Jailer to Paul
- Acts 16:33 At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
Kindness To by the Prison Guard to Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 38:7–28 Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin, …
Paul
- 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. …
- Acts 21:27–40 When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, …
- Acts 22:1 “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
- Acts 23:1 Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
- Acts 24:1 Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
- Acts 25:1 Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
- Acts 26:1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
- Acts 27:1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
- Acts 28:1 Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
Permitted to Make Defense
- Acts 24:10 When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
- Acts 25:8 Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
- Acts 25:16 I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
- Acts 26:1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
- 2 Timothy 4:16 At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
Peter
- Acts 12:3–19 And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. …
Released at Feasts
- Matthew 27:15–17 Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing. …
- 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
- John 18:39 But it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
Required to Labor
- Judges 16:21 Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
Scourged
- Matthew 27:26 So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
- Mark 15:15 And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
- Acts 16:23 And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.
- Acts 16:33 At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
- 2 Corinthians 6:5 in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
- 2 Corinthians 11:23–24 Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death. …
Severe Hardships of, Mitigated
- Jeremiah 37:20–21 But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.” …
Silas
- 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. …
Sustained on Bread and Water of Affliction
- 1 Kings 22:27 and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
The Apostles
- Acts 5:17–42 Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out …
To be Visited and Ministered To
- Matthew 25:35–46 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, …
Tortured to Extort Self-Incriminating Testimony
- Acts 22:24 the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
Visited by Friends
- Matthew 11:2 Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples
- Acts 24:23 He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.