Quotes about Imprisonment

When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...

Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,

We become imprisoned by our memories, and that makes our lives wretched.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

When Paul talked about his present situation, he did not discuss his personal discomfort. He was not occupied with the inconvenience that imprisonment had caused him. His concern was for the gospel and its advance.

Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such a great meaning.

But I am in prison, dear lady from Haarlem, a prison stronger than this one.

In my view, it was no accident that Nelson Mandela was chosen by God to lead the people of South Africa. There are very few people who could be imprisoned, kept away from their family and loved ones, and exit that same prison with such a powerful spirit of love and a desire for reconciliation.