Heb 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
The idea of a jail break is for criminals having been sentenced to death. To escape a life of being behind bars not able to go as you please and to be cage like a bird with no way to fly free. Captive with life sentence no way to escape the prison of flesh we have been born into. Paul tells us how to escape the prison sentence that we have inherited.
Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Rom 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Joseph – freed by a dream to preserve Gods people and keep the promise made to Abraham alive.
Jeremiah – placed in the pit after speaking the truth.
John the Baptist – here is one that knew he was not going to escape the prison that he had inherited. Was willing to decrease so Christ could increase.
The Apostles – everyone had given up on them being freed and given them up for dead but angel of the Lord opened the prison and answered the prayers of the saints.
Paul and Silas – put in prison for casting out the demon in a woman:
The individuals of each these event either escaped or did not but one thing was certain they kept there faith in God. They may have felt like it was the end or gloried in the fact they would die for Christ sake.
Not Judged, Just Loved 