From Nave’s Topical Bible
Criminals
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 18Passages listed
- 10Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Released at feastsMatthew 27:15Matthew 27:21Mark 15:6Luke 23:17
- Confined in prisonsGenesis 39:20–23Ezra 7:26Acts 4:3Acts 12:4Acts 12:5Acts 16:19–40
- In dungeonsGenesis 40:15Genesis 41:14Exodus 12:29Isaiah 24:22Jeremiah 37:16Jeremiah 38:10Lamentations 3:53Lamentations 3:55
- Cruelty to
- See Scourging
- See Stoning
- See Mocking
- Punishment of
- See various crimes, such as [1178]ADULTERY, [1179]ARSON, [1180]HOMICIDE, etc
- See [1181]PUNISHMENTS
The passages, in Bible order (18)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- 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,
Commentary on Genesis 39:20–231 voice
Therefore I might say Joseph was happier when he was put into prison, because he was giving witness on behalf of chastity. For modesty is a good gift but one of lesser merit when it involves no risk. Where, however, it is maintained at the risk of one's safety, there it wins a more abundant crown. With his case unheard, his truthfulness unexamined, Joseph is sent into prison as if guilty of a crime. But the Lord did not abandon him even in prison.
Ambrose of Milan· On Joseph the PatriarchPatristic
- Genesis 40:15
For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”
Commentary on Genesis 40:151 voice
For indeed I was stolen - גנב גנבתי gunnob gunnobti, stolen, I have been stolen - most assuredly I was stolen; and here also have I done nothing. These were simple assertions, into the proof of which he was ready to enter if called on.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 41:14
So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
- Exodus 12:29
Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
Commentary on Exodus 12:291 voice
"He that has opened a pit and dug it." We do not find the name of "pit" (lakkos) ever assigned in the divine Scriptures in the case of something good, nor a "well" of water (phrear) in the case of something bad. That into which Joseph was thrown by his brothers is a pit (lakkos). And there is a slaughter "from the firstborn of Pharaoh unto the firstborn of the captive woman that was in the prison (lakkos)."
Basil of Caesarea· EXEGETIC HOMILIES 11.8Patristic
- 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.
Commentary on Ezra 7:261 voice
Whether it be unto death - These include almost every species of punishment which should be inflicted on culprits in any civilized state. With this verse the Chaldee part of this chapter ends.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Isaiah 24:22
They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
Commentary on Isaiah 24:221 voice
And they shall be gathered together, at the same time in hell: which was prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt 25:41); as in the gathering of one bundle: bind it into bundles to burn (Matt 13:30), that they may be alike in punishment …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on IsaiahPatristic
- Jeremiah 37:16
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
Commentary on Jeremiah 37:161 voice
Entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins - The dungeon was probably a deep pit; and the cabins or cells, niches in the sides, where different malefactors were confined. See Blayney.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Jeremiah 38:10
So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
Commentary on Jeremiah 38:101 voice
with thee--Hebrew, "in thine hand," that is, at "thy disposal" (1Sa 16:2). "From hence," that is, from the gate of Benjamin where the king was sitting (Jer 38:7). thirty men--not merely to draw up Jeremiah, but to guard Ebed-melech against any opposition on the part of the princes (Jer 38:1-4), in executing the king's command.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- Lamentations 3:53
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
- Lamentations 3:55
I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
- Matthew 27:15
Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
Commentary on Matthew 27:152 voices
(Verse 13 and following) Then Pilate said to him: Do you not hear how many testimonies they speak against you? And he did not respond to him with any word, so that the governor wondered greatly. Now it was customary for the governor to release one prisoner to the people on the solemn day, whom they desired. Indeed, it is a Gentile who condemns Jesus, but he refers the matter to the Jewish people. Do you not hear how many testimonies they speak against you?
Jerome· Commentary on MatthewPatristic
You should not be surprised that shortly after Roman rule had begun [in Palestine], the Jews who came under their yoke were granted the priviledge of asking for [the release of] "one [prisoner] whom they wanted," even though he appeared to be guilty of a thousand murders; the pagan nations granted a certain amount of leniency to their subjects until the yoke had been firmly secured around them.
Origen of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 120Patristic
- 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.
Commentary on Mark 15:62 voices
Here are two goats; one is the scape goat, that is, one loosed and sent out into the wilderness of hell with the sin of the people; the other is slain, as a lamb, for the sins of those who are forgiven. The Lord's portion is always slain; the devil's part, (for he is the master of those men, which is the meaning of Barabbas,) when freed, is cast headlong into hell.
Pseudo-Jerome· Catena Aurea by AquinasPatristic
Now at that feast,.... The feast of the passover, which was at that instant; see Joh 18:39. The Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "at every feast"; as if the following custom was used at every feast in the year, at the feasts of pentecost and tabernacles, as well as at the passover; whereas it was only at the latter: he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired; of this custom See Gill on Mat 27:15.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Luke 23:17
Commentary on Luke 23:171 voice
For of necessity he must release one,.... And therefore proposed to release Jesus unto them at the feast; of passover, which now was; not that there was any law that obliged to it, but it having been customary with the Roman governor to do so, the people expected it; custom had made it necessary: and so the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions render it, "it was a custom to release", &c. not at each feast, or every feast, as the last of these versions read, only at the passover, as is expressed, Joh 18:39.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Acts 4:3
They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
Commentary on Acts 4:31 voice
"And they put them in custody until the morning." So the Jews dealt with the apostles and guarded them, wishing to humble them, while the prolonged time made the apostles all the more fearless.
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on ActsPatristic
- 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.
Commentary on Acts 12:41 voice
"four squads of four." That is, the total number sixteen; for four times four makes sixteen. Perhaps at each watch, that is, in the third watch, there were four guards. There are four guards called a tri-hour watch, as the twelve hours of the whole …
Oecumenius· Commentary on ActsPatristic