to open blind eyes, ¹  to release prisoners ²  from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.

ל (Lamed) To crush underfoot all the earth’s prisoners, ¹ 

At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus ¹  Barabbas.

So ¹  he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.) ¹ 

Joseph’s master took him and threw him into the prison, ¹  the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison. ² 

In it ¹  he went and preached to the spirits in prison, ² 

When the jailer woke up ¹  and saw the doors of the prison standing open, ²  he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, ³  because he assumed ⁴  the prisoners had escaped.

There ¹  the prisoners ²  relax ³  together; ⁴  they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. ⁵ 

in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die, ¹ 

When ¹  did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’

The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing. ¹ 

They will be imprisoned in a pit, ¹  locked up in a prison, and after staying there for a long time, ²  they will be punished. ³ 

Epaphras, ¹  my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you.

Now ¹  when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison

During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, ¹  whomever they wanted.

During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, ¹  whomever they requested.

(This ¹  was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection ²  started in the city, and for murder.) ³ 

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying ¹  and singing hymns to God, ²  and the rest of ³  the prisoners were listening to them.

I ¹  persecuted this Way ²  even to the point of death, ³  tying up ⁴  both men and women and putting ⁵  them in prison,