Acts 4:3
And they laid upon them hands, and kept them unto the day after, because the evening had drawn nigh.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
4And many who heard the word believed; and they were in number as five thousand men.
Cross References
Luke 22:52And Jeshu said to them who had come against him, the chief priests, and elders, and the chiefs of the forces of the temple, As against a thief are you come forth against me, with swords and clubs to take me?
John 18:12Then the band and the captains and the officials of the Jihudoyee took Jeshu and bound him,
Acts 6:12And they stirred up the people and the elders and the sophree, and came and rose upon him, and carried him away and brought him into the midst of the assembly.
Acts 9:2And he demanded letters from the chief priests which he should give at Darmsuk to the synagogues, that if he found (any) who walked in this way, men or women, he might bind and bring them to Urishlem.
Acts 16:19And when her lords saw that the hope of their gain had gone from her, they laid hold on Paulos and Shilo and drew them to the public place, and brought them unto the prefects and to the chiefs of the city,
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 →