For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man; for many times it had seized him and he was kept under guard and bound (phylassomenos | φυλασσόμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) with chains and shackles, yet he would break his bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.

There were shepherds in that region who were living out in the fields and keeping (phylassontes | φυλάσσοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) night-watch over their flock.

And the man said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept (ephylaxamēn | ἐφυλαξάμην | aor mid ind 1 sg) from my youth.”

The young man said to him, “All these I have kept (ephylaxa | ἐφύλαξα | aor act ind 1 sg). What do I still lack?”

And after Herod searched for him and could not find him, he examined the guards (phylakas | φύλακας | acc pl masc) and ordered them to be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and guards (phylakes | φύλακες | nom pl masc) before the door were guarding the prison.

saying, “We found the prison locked with every security and the guards (phylakas | φύλακας | acc pl masc) standing at the doors, but when we opened it we found no one inside.”

They do all their deeds to be seen by others: they make their phylacteries (phylaktēria | φυλακτήρια | acc pl neut) broad and their tassels long,

And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I used to go from one synagogue to another imprisoning (phylakizōn | φυλακίζων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) and flogging those who believed in you.

When the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison (phylakēs | φυλακῆς | gen sg fem)