From Nave’s Topical Bible
Prison
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.
- 13Passages listed
- 7Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- General scriptures concerningGenesis 39:20Genesis 42:16–19Leviticus 24:12Numbers 15:34Ezra 7:26Jeremiah 52:11Luke 23:19Acts 4:3Acts 12:4Acts 12:5
- Public ward ofActs 5:18
- Cells ofActs 16:24
- Court ofJeremiah 33:1
- Dungeon in
- See Dungeon
- See Imprisonment
- See Prisoners
The passages, in Bible order (13)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 13 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- 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,
Commentary on Genesis 39:201 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 Patriarch, 397Patristic
- Genesis 42:16–19
Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
Commentary on Genesis 42:16–191 voice
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 24:12
They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
Commentary on Leviticus 24:121 voice
And they put him in ward,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 15:34
and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.
Commentary on Numbers 15:341 voice
And they put him in ward,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 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
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Jeremiah 33:1
While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
Commentary on Jeremiah 33:11 voice
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Jeremiah 52:11
Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.
Commentary on Jeremiah 52:111 voice
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah,.... After he had seen his children and princes executed, which must be very terrible to him; See Gill on Jer 39:7; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon; in Jer 39:7; it is said, he bound him, "to carry him" there; here it is affirmed he did carry him thither: and it is added, and put him in prison till the day of his death; from this place only we learn that King Zedekiah was put into a prison, and died a prisoner.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Luke 23:19
(Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
Commentary on Luke 23:192 voices
Therefore he adds: Who for a certain sedition made in the city and for murder had been cast into prison, and thus he was seditious and a murderer, and moreover a robber, as is said in John 18: "Now Barabbas was a robber." From this …
Bonaventure· Commentary on Luke, Chapter 23, 1257Patristic
Not unreasonably do they seek the pardon of a murderer, who were themselves demanding the death of the innocent. Such are the laws of iniquity, that what innocence hates, guilt loves. And here the interpretation of the name affords a figurative resemblance, for Barabbas is in Latin, the son of a father. Those then to whom it is said, Ye are of your father the Devil, are represented as about to prefer to the true Son of God the son of their father, that is, Antichrist.
Ambrose of Milan· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 397Patristic
- 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 4:32 voices
"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 Acts, 1107Patristic
See how matters are managed. First they were all mocked together. Then, after they became respected in the public speeches and afterward wrought a great marvel, therefore indeed thereafter, having grown bold, God permitting, they enter into dangers, and undertake the contests. See the progress …
Oecumenius· Commentary on Acts, 550Patristic
- Acts 5:18
and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
Commentary on Acts 5:182 voices
And laid their hands on the apostles,.... That is, laid hold on them, and took them, and carried them away; at least their servants did so, by their orders: and put them in the common prison; where malefactors were put; and this both for greater security, and for greater disgrace.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
"Were filled with envy" means that they were aroused, agitated by what was being said. Now they attack the apostles with greater ferocity, but do not immediately begin to judge them, thinking that the public prison would strike them more forcefully. Look, if you will, …
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on Acts, 1107Patristic
- 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 Acts, 550Patristic
- Acts 12:5
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
Commentary on Acts 12:51 voice
And again when Simon was bound in prison, it is written that the whole church prayed. And in every place is it written concerning the Apostles that they fasted and prayed, for they also tarried in this service of fasting and abstinence after they had …
Philoxenus of Mabbug· 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 11 -- On Abstinence, 523Patristic
- Acts 16:24
On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Commentary on Acts 16:241 voice
Who having received such a charge,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed