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THERE are three prison stories in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles. Scholars tell us that “groups of three” are signs of importance in Acts: these three stories will be the subject of our Bible studies in the next three months.
Each prison story is an escape story. Escapes from prison have always been rare. And they are very rare in modern Scotland. Most of the incidents which are described as “escapes” in the press are stories of absconding: a person has not returned from a home leave which was part of his preparation for being released.