Bible Dictionary: Prisoners: Figurative

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Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
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Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
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The Figurative Language of Scripture.
... one of this class of expositors, the maiming of the body is figurative language,
and so ... so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxv the figurative language.htm

Acts IV
... The prisoners had been arrested without a formal charge being preferred against
them ... And, leaving the figurative language of David, he more fully declares, that ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts iv.htm

Rom. xvi. 5
... had [1677] not been, but he had suffered things worse [1678] than prisoners, in
being ... If so meant it might be figurative, but it most likely refers either to ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxxi rom xvi 5.htm

Love and Service.
... Confining ourselves to the figurative expression which the Saviour uses, it
unquestionably ... to the oppressive yoke under which they were to be held prisoners. ...
/.../schleiermacher/selected sermons of schleiermacher/xi love and service.htm

Professor of Sanskrit, Bengali, and Marathi
... that the poems of Hafiz are to be understood in a figurative or mystical sense ... preaching
and his Benevolent Institution, to his visits to the prisoners and his ...
/.../smith/the life of william carey/chapter ix professor of sanskrit.htm

Exposition of Chap. Iii. (ii. 28-32. )
... Credner refers this to the Hebrew prisoners of war, living as servants and handmaids
among ... as in the one before us, the extinction has not a figurative, but a ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/exposition of chap iii ii.htm

And ii.
... whom the correct view is found; only that he, giving up the figurative representation,
substitutes ... so shall the king of Assyria lead away the prisoners of Egypt ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/chap i and ii.htm

Extracts No. Ix.
... and only about ninety-seven thousand, not a tenth part, were taken prisoners. ... to
the multitudes, was nothing more than the bold figurative language of the day ...
/.../ballou/a series of letters in defence of divine revelation/extracts no ix.htm

Covenanting Provided for in the Everlasting Covenant.
... or high places, as the stronghold provided in the covenant to prisoners of hope ... It
makes use of figurative and other language of the same origin as that of the ...
/.../cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/chapter vi covenanting provided for.htm

The Second Commandment
... signify his power, yet it is absurd, from such metaphors and figurative expressions,
to ... 2:8. Mercies for the prisoner: he despiseth not his prisoners.' Psalm 69 ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 2 the second commandment.htm

Subtopics

Prisoners

Prisoners in Chains

Prisoners in Stocks

Prisoners of War by Divine Command

Prisoners of War: Blinded

Prisoners of War: Consolations For

Prisoners of War: Put to Death

Prisoners of War: Thumbs and Toes Cut off

Prisoners: Bound to Soldiers

Prisoners: Confined in the Court of the Palace

Prisoners: Confined in the House of the Captain of the Guard