Acts 4:3

and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.

Darby Translation

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

2being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among [the] dead;

4But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [about] five thousand.

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Cross References

Luke 22:52And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders, who were come against him, Have ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks?

John 18:12The band therefore, and the chiliarch, and the officers of the Jews, took Jesus and bound him:

Acts 6:12And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon [him] they seized him and brought [him] to the council.

Acts 9:2and asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the way, both men and women, he might bring [them] bound to Jerusalem.

Acts 16:19And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged [them] into the market before the magistrates;

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 →

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