Imprisonment

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Of Joseph

• Genesis 39:20 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,

Of Jeremiah

• 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 down into the mud.

Of John the Baptist

• Matthew 11:2 Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples
• Matthew 14:3 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Of the Apostles

• Acts 5:18 and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

Of Paul and Silas

• Acts 16:24 On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

Of Peter

• Acts 12:4 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.

Of debtors

• Matthew 5:26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.
• Matthew 18:30 But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

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