Cross References

Genesis 39:20

Good News Translation

and had Joseph arrested and put in the prison where the king's prisoners were kept, and there he stayed.

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After all, I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here in Egypt I didn't do anything to deserve being put in prison.”

Human anger only results in more praise for you; those who survive the wars will keep your festivals.

He was arrested and sentenced and led off to die, and no one cared about his fate. He was put to death for the sins of our people.

They were furious with me and had me beaten and locked up in the house of Jonathan, the court secretary, whose house had been made into a prison.

Because I preach the Good News, I suffer and I am even chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not in chains,

Some were mocked and whipped, and others were put in chains and taken off to prison.

God will bless you for this, if you endure the pain of undeserved suffering because you are conscious of his will.