Acts 4:3
And they laid hands on them, and put them in prison till the next day, for it was already evening.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
In Context
4But many of those who heard the word, believed: and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Cross References
Luke 22:52And Jesus said to the chief priests, and the captains of the temple, and the elders that had come against him: Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber?
John 18:12Then the band of soldiers, and the officer, and the attendants of the Jews, took Jesus and bound him,
Acts 6:12And they excited the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and took him by violence, and brought him into the Sanhedrim.
Acts 9:2and asked of him letters to Damascus, for the synagogues, that, if he should find any who were of this persuasion, either men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 16:19And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the market to the rulers.
Matthew Henry on Acts 4:2-5
Peter and John Imprisoned. 1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. We have here the interests of the kingdom of heaven successfully… Read the whole commentary →