Acts 4:3
And they laid hands upon them, and put them in prison until the next day; for it was now evening.
Noyes Bible
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 indignant that they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
4Many however of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men became five thousand.
Cross References
Luke 22:52Then Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders who had come to him, Ye have come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs;
John 18:12So the band and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took Jesus and bound him,
Acts 6:12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him to the council,
Acts 9:2and asked of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any who were of this way of belief, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 16:19But her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, laid hold of Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the market-place 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 →