Acts 4:3
They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.
World English 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 upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Cross References
Luke 22:52Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
John 18:12So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him,
Acts 6:12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,
Acts 9:2and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 16:19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace 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 →