Captivity imagery uses prison, chains, bonds, captives, liberty, or release to picture oppression, judgment, exile, spiritual bondage, gospel deliverance, or faithful suffering.
Captivity imagery uses prison, chains, bonds, captives, liberty, or release to picture oppression, judgment, exile, spiritual bondage, gospel deliverance, or faithful suffering.
A bondage-and-release motif in which captivity, prison, chain, bond, dungeon, captive procession, liberty, or release language signifies literal imprisonment, covenant judgment, exile, demonic or sinful bondage, apostolic suffering, triumph, or redemption by divine deliverance.
These examples show how Captivity, Prison, Chains, and Bondage-Release Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
thou hast led captivity captive
Captivity is reversed into triumph as the victor leads captives in procession.
bound in affliction and iron
Chains and darkness picture distress from which the LORD delivers.
bring out the prisoners from the prison
Prison release images messianic mercy and liberation from darkness.
liberty to the captives
The anointed servant's mission is pictured as release for the bound.
turn away your captivity
National captivity is reversed by promised restoration and gathering.
deliverance to the captives
Jesus applies liberty language to his Spirit-anointed mission.
his chains fell off from his hands
Peter's physical release becomes a concrete sign of divine rescue.
every one's bands were loosed
Broken bonds display God's power within imprisonment.
he led captivity captive
Christ's exaltation is interpreted through victorious captivity imagery.
bound with chains; but the word of God is not bound
Paul contrasts his literal chains with the unbound progress of God's word.
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