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were of two kinds, public and private; the former were employed to secure a prisoner in the public jail, after confession or conviction; the latter, when he was delivered to a magistrate, or even to private persons, to be kept at their houses till he should be tried. The Apostle Paul was subjected to private bonds by Felix, the Roman governor, who "commanded a centurion to keep him, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister, or come unto him,"

Acts 24:23 . And after he was carried prisoner to Rome, he "dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him," Acts 28:30 .

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Watson, Richard. Entry for 'Bonds'. Richard Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​wtd/​b/bonds.html. 1831-2.
 
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