A series of connected metal links used to tie things together or restrain prisoners.
About Chain
The chain was a series of links, usually made of metal.
Key References
This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
All Scripture References (16)
Mark (2)
Luke (1)
For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
Acts (6)
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”
So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
Ephesians (1)
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
Colossians (1)
This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
2 Timothy (2)
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
Hebrews (1)
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
Jude (1)
And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
Revelation (1)
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.