²³ When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

²² Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.

²³ See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come you again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.

⁹ I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God's Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

⁹ yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

⁹ in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained.

¹ I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

¹ For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

³⁶ The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace."

²⁷ The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

¹⁸ Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

⁴ When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

² and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

³ But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.

²³ "We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"

¹⁸ and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public custody.

¹² But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

⁶³ saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'

⁶⁴ Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can."

⁶⁶ So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.

⁴⁸ Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him."

¹⁰ Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.