At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.

During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested.

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

During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they wanted.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.

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

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

From Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and colaborer,

I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love – I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus –

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.

So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.

So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said, “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”

While they were staying there many days, Festus explained Paul’s case to the king to get his opinion, saying, “There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix.

After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.