Bible Verses About Prisoners

And he denied before all, saying, `I have not known what thou sayest.'

And he having gone forth to the porch, another female saw him, and saith to those there, `And this one was with Jesus of Nazareth;'

and again did he deny with an oath--`I have not known the man.'

And after a little those standing near having come, said to Peter, `Truly thou also art of them, for even thy speech doth make thee manifest.'

Then began he to anathematise, and to swear--`I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,

and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said to him--`Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;' and having gone without, he did weep bitterly.

And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,

and they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas,

they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, `Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'

Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him up that he may be crucified;

For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

And immediately--while he is yet speaking--cometh near Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;

and he who is delivering him up had given a token to them, saying, `Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is, lay hold on him, and lead him away safely,'

and having come, immediately, having gone near him, he saith, `Rabbi, Rabbi,' and kissed him.

And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him;

and a certain one of those standing by, having drawn the sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his ear.

And Jesus answering said to them, `As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me!

daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold on me--but that the Writings may be fulfilled.'

And having left him they all fled;

and a certain young man was following him, having put a linen cloth about his naked body, and the young men lay hold on him,

and he, having left the linen cloth, did flee from them naked.

And they led away Jesus unto the chief priest, and come together to him do all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes;

and Peter afar off did follow him, to the inside of the hall of the chief priest, and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself near the fire.

And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking against Jesus testimony--to put him to death, and they were not finding,

for many were bearing false testimony against him, and their testimonies were not alike.