Acts 4:3
They arrested the apostles and, as it was already evening, had them placed in custody until the next day.
Open English Bible (US)
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
Cross References
Luke 22:52Then, turning to the chief priests and officers in charge at the Temple and the elders, who had come for him, he said, “Have you come out, as if after a robber, with swords and clubs?
John 18:12So the soldiers of the garrison, with their commanding officer and the Jewish guards, arrested Jesus and bound him,
Acts 6:12and they stirred up the people, as well as the elders and the teachers of the Law, and set on Stephen, and arrested him, and brought him before the High Council.
Acts 9:2and asked him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorizing him, if he found there any supporters of the Way, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.
Acts 16:19When her masters saw that there was no hope of further profit from her, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the public square to the authorities,
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 →