Imprisonment in the Bible

Of Joseph

  • Genesis 39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

Bible Encyclopedia for IMPRISONMENT.

Of Jeremiah

  • Jeremiah 38:6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

Definition of imprisonment

Of John the Baptist

  • Matthew 11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
  • Matthew 14:3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

See also McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia for Imprisonment.

Of the Apostles

  • Acts 5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

Of Paul and Silas

  • Acts 16:24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

Of Peter

  • Acts 12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

Of debtors

  • Matthew 5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
  • Matthew 18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

See PRISON

See PRISONERS

See PUNISHMENTS

 
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