Acts 4:3
And they laid hands on them, and kept them until the next day; because evening was drawing near.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 had heard the word, believed; and they were, in number, about five thousand men.
Cross References
Luke 22:52And Jesus said to those who had come upon him, the chief priests and Elders and military captains of the temple: Have ye come out against me, as against a robber, with swords, and with clubs, to take me?
John 18:12Then the regiment and the chiliarchs and the officials of the Jews laid hold of Jesus, and bound him;
Acts 6:12And they excited the people, and the Elders, and the Scribes; and they came, and rose upon him, and seized him, and carried him into the midst of the council.
Acts 9:2And he requested that a letter from the high priest might be given him unto Damascus to the synagogues; that if he should find persons pursuing this course, men or women, he might bind and bring them to Jerusalem.
Acts 16:19And when her lords saw that the prospect of their gain from her was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragging them along brought them to the market-place,
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 →