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Prisons

Antiquity of - Ge 39:20

KINDS OF, MENTIONED

• State
- Jer 37:21; Ge 39:20
• Common
- Ac 5:18

Dungeons attached to - Jer 38:6; Zec 9:11

Were under the care of a keeper - Ge 39:21

USED FOR CONFINING

• Persons accused of crimes
- Lu 23:19
• Persons accused of heresy
- Ac 4:3; 5:18; 8:3
• Suspected persons
- Ge 42:19
• Condemned persons till executed
- Le 24:12; Ac 12:4,5
• Enemies taken captive
- Jud 16:21; 2Ki 17:4; Jer 52:11
• Debtors till they paid
- Mt 5:26; 18:30
• Persons under the king's displeasure
- 1Ki 22:27; 2Ch 16:10; Mr 6:17

Confinement in, often awarded as a punishment - Ezr 7:26

Confinement in, considered a severe punishment - Lu 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
- Ge 40:3
• Prisoner's own house, where he was kept bound to a soldier
- Ac 28:16,30; 2Ti 1:16-18

The king had power to commit to - 1Ki 22:27

Magistrates had power to commit to - Mt 5:25

PERSONS CONFINED IN

• Said to be in ward
- Le 24:12
• Said to be in hold
- Ac 4:3
• Often placed in dungeons
- Jer 39:6; Ac 16:24
• Often bound with fetters
- Ge 42:19; Eze 19:9; Mr 6:17
• Often chained to two soldiers
- Ac 12:6
• Often fastened in stocks
- Jer 29:26; Ac 16:24
• Often kept to hard labour
- Jud 16:21
• Often subjected to extreme suffering
- Ps 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
- Mt 11:2; 25:36; Ac 24:23
• Might have their condition ameliorated by the king
- Jer 37:20,21
• Often executed in
- Ge 40:22; Mt 14:10

The king had power to release from - Ge 40:21

Magistrates had power to release from - Ac 16:35,36

KEEPERS OF

• Strictly guarded the doors
- Ac 12:6
• Responsible for the prisoners
- Ac 16:23,27
• Put to death if prisoners escaped
- Ac 12:19
• Often used severity
- Jer 37:16,20; Ac 16:24
• Sometimes acted kindly
- Ge 39:21; Ac 16:33,34
• Sometimes entrusted the care of the prison to
well-conducted prisoners - Ge 39:22,23

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• Deep afflictions
- Ps 142:7
• Hell
- Re 20:7
• Bondage to sin and Satan
- Isa 42:7; 49:9; 61:1
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