Prisons
Prisons
Antiquity of - Ge 39:20
KINDS OF, MENTIONED
Dungeons attached to - Jer 38:6; Zec 9:11
Were under the care of a keeper - Ge 39:21
USED FOR CONFINING
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