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PRISONS

Antiquity of

Gen 39:20

KINDS OF, MENTIONED

- State

Jer 37:21; Gen 39:20

- Common

Act 5:18

Dungeons attached to

Jer 38:6; Zec 9:11

Were under the care of a keeper

Gen 39:21

USED FOR CONFINING

- Persons accused of crimes

Luk 23:19

- Persons accused of heresy

Act 4:3; 5:18; 8:3

- Suspected persons

Gen 42:19

- Condemned persons till executed

Lev 24:12; Act 12:4,5

- Enemies taken captive

Jdg 16:21; 2Ki 17:4; Jer 52:11

- Debtors till they paid

Mat 5:26; 18:30

- Persons under the king's displeasure

1Ki 22:27; 2Ch 16:10; Mar 6:17

Confinement in, often awarded as a punishment

Ezr 7:26

Confinement in, considered a severe punishment

Luk 22:33

PLACES USED AS

- Court of the king's house

Jer 32:2

- House of the king's scribe

Jer 37:15

- House of the captain of the guard

Gen 40:3

- Prisoner's own house, where he was kept bound to a soldier

Act 28:16,30; 2Ti 1:16-18

The king had power to commit to

1Ki 22:27

Magistrates had power to commit to

Mat 5:25

PERSONS CONFINED IN

- Said to be in ward

Lev 24:12

- Said to be in hold

Act 4:3

- Often placed in dungeons

Jer 39:6; Act 16:24

- Often bound with fetters

Gen 42:19; Eze 19:9; Mar 6:17

- Often chained to two soldiers

Act 12:6

- Often fastened in stocks

Jer 29:26; Act 16:24

- Often kept to hard labour

Jdg 16:21

- Often subjected to extreme suffering

Psa 79:11; 102:20; 105:18

- Fed on bread and water

1Ki 22:27

- Clothed in prison dress

2Ki 25:29

- Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends

Mat 11:2; 25:36; Act 24:23

- Might have their condition ameliorated by the king

Jer 37:20,21

- Often executed in

Gen 40:22; Mat 14:10

The king had power to release from

Gen 40:21

Magistrates had power to release from

Act 16:35,36

KEEPERS OF

- Strictly guarded the doors

Act 12:6

- Responsible for the prisoners

Act 16:23,27

- Put to death if prisoners escaped

Act 12:19

- Often used severity

Jer 37:16,20; Act 16:24

- Sometimes acted kindly

Gen 39:21; Act 16:33,34

- Sometimes entrusted the care of the prison to

well-conducted prisoners

Gen 39:22,23

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

- Deep afflictions

Psa 142:7

- Hell

Rev 20:7

- Bondage to sin and Satan

Isa 42:7; 49:9; 61:1







The New Topical Text Book (1897 - R.A. Torrey)

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