Acts 4:3
And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.
Bible in Basic English
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 a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.
Cross References
Luke 22:52And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains of the Temple and the rulers, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks?
John 18:12Then the band and the chief captain and the police took Jesus and put cords round him.
Acts 6:12And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,
Acts 9:2And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Acts 16:19But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before 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 →