Acts 4:3

And they laid (their) hands on them, and putted them into (the) ward [or into (the) keeping] into the morrow (or and put them in the prison until the morning); for it was then eventide.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

2and sorrowed, that they taught the people, and told in Jesus the again-rising from death [or and told by Jesus (the) again-rising from (the) dead]. (and were vexed, that they taught the people, and told them about the resurrection from the dead through Jesus.)

4But many of them that had heard the word, believed; and the number of men was made five thousands [or and the number of them is made five thousand].

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Cross References

Luke 22:52And Jesus said to them, that came to him, the princes of (the) priests, and (the) magistrates [or the masters] of the temple, and (the) elder men, As to a thief ye have gone out with swords and staves? (And Jesus said to those, who came to take hold of him, the high priests, and the magistrates, or the officials, of the Temple, and the elders, You have gone out with swords and bats, or clubs, like after a thief?)

John 18:12Therefore the company of knights, and the tribune, and the ministers of the Jews, took Jesus, and bound him, (And so the company of soldiers, and the tribune, and the servants, or the officers, of the Jews, took hold of Jesus, and bound him,)

Acts 6:12And so they moved together the people, and the elder men (or the elders), and the scribes; and they came together, and took (hold of) him, and brought (him) into the council.

Acts 9:2and asked of (or from) him letters into Damascus, to the synagogues; that if he found any men or women of this life, he should lead them bound (back) to Jerusalem.

Acts 16:19And the lords of her saw, that the hope of their winning went away, and they took (hold of) Paul and Silas, and led [them] into the chapping, either doom place, to the princes. (And her masters saw, that their hope for more profit went away, and they took hold of Paul and Silas, and led (them) to the market, (or to the seat of judgement), that is, the city square, to the city leaders.)

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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