Acts 4:3

And they thrust on them their hands, and put them in custody for the morrow, for it was evening, already.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 tired out because of their teaching the people, and announcing, in Jesus, the resurrection from among the dead;

4Howbeit, many of them that heard the word, believed; and the number of the men became about five thousand.

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Cross References

Luke 22:52And Jesus said unto the High-priests, and Captains of the temple, and Elders, who had come against him—As against a robber, have ye come out, with swords and clubs?

John 18:12The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, apprehended Jesus, and bound him,

Acts 6:12And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes; and, coming upon him, they caught him away, and led him into the high-council.

Acts 9:2asked from him letters for Damascus, unto the synagogues; to the end that, if he should find, any, who were of The Way, whether men or women, he might bring them, bound, unto Jerusalem.

Acts 16:19And, her masters, seeing that their hope of gain had gone out, laying hold on Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market-place, unto 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 →

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