What does the Bible say about prisons?
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- Antiquity of Genesis 39:20
- Kinds of, mentioned
- State Jeremiah 37:21; Genesis 39:20
- Common Acts 5:18
- Dungeons attached to Jeremiah 38:6; Zechariah 9:11
- Were under the care of a keeper Genesis 39:21
- Used for confining
- Persons accused of crimes Luke 23:19
- Persons accused of heresy Acts 4:3; Acts 5:18; Acts 8:3
- Suspected persons Genesis 42:19
- Condemned persons till executed Leviticus 24:12; Acts 12:4; Acts 12:5
- Enemies taken captive Judges 16:21; 2 Kings 17:4; Jeremiah 52:11
- Debtors till they paid Matthew 5:26; Matthew 18:30
- Persons under the king’s displeasure 1 Kings 22:27; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Mark 6:17
- Confinement in, often awarded as a punishment Ezra 7:26
- Confinement in, considered a severe punishment Luke 22:33
- Places used as
- Court of the king’s house Jeremiah 32:2
- House of the king’s scribe Jeremiah 37:15
- House of the captain of the guard Genesis 40:3
- Prisoner’s own house, where he was kept bound to a soldier Acts 28:16; Acts 28:30; 2 Timothy 1:16-18
- The king had power to commit to 1 Kings 22:27
- Magistrates had power to commit to Matthew 5:25
- Persons confined in
- Said to be in ward Leviticus 24:12
- Said to be in hold Acts 4:3
- Often placed in dungeons Jeremiah 39:6; Acts 16:24
- Often bound with fetters Genesis 42:19; Ezekiel 19:9; Mark 6:17
- Often chained to two soldiers Acts 12:6
- Often fastened in stocks Jeremiah 29:26; Acts 16:24
- Often kept to hard labour Judges 16:21
- Often subjected to extreme suffering Psalms 79:11; Psalms 102:20; Psalms 105:18
- Fed on bread and water 1 Kings 22:27
- Clothed in prison dress 2 Kings 25:29
- Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends Matthew 11:2; Matthew 25:36; Acts 24:23
- Might have their condition ameliorated by the king Jeremiah 37:20; Jeremiah 37:21
- Often executed in Genesis 40:22; Matthew 14:10
- The king had power to release from Genesis 40:21
- Magistrates had power to release from Acts 16:35; Acts 16:36
- Keepers of
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