Arrest in the Bible

Of Jesus

• Matthew 26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
• Mark 14:46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him.
• Luke 22:54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
• John 18:12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,

⇒Definition of arrest

Of apostles

• Acts 5:17-18 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, 18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
• Acts 6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

Of Paul and Silas

• Acts 16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

Of Paul

• Acts 21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.

Paul authorized to arrest Christians

• Acts 9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

See EXTRADITION

See PRISON

See PRISONERS