Luke 21:12
12But before all this athey will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to bthe synagogues and cprisons, and you dwill be brought before ekings and fgovernors for my name’s sake.Acts 4:3
3And they arrested them and gput them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.Acts 8:3
3But hSaul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he idragged off men and women and committed them to prison.Acts 12:5-7
5So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest jprayer for him was made to God by the church.Peter Is Rescued
6Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, kbound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. 7And behold, lan angel of the Lord mstood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. nHe struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And othe chains fell off his hands.Acts 16:23-27
23And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely. 24Having received this order, he put them into the inner pprison and fastened their feet in qthe stocks.The Philippian Jailer Converted
25 rAbout midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 26and suddenly sthere was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately tall the doors were opened, and ueveryone’s bonds were unfastened. 27When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and vwas about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.2 Corinthians 11:23
23Are they wservants of Christ? xI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, yfar more imprisonments, zwith countless beatings, and aaoften near death.Hebrews 11:36
36Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even abchains and imprisonment.Revelation of John 2:10
10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, acthat you may be tested, and for adten days aeyou will have tribulation. afBe faithful agunto death, and I will give you ahthe crown of life.
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