Quotes about Prisoner

So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him.”

After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.

This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,

I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.