Acts 4:3

3 They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.

Acts 4:3 in Other Translations

3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

3 And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.

3 They arrested them and, since it was already evening, put them in jail until morning.

3 They arrested them and threw them in jail until morning, for by now it was late in the evening.

3 So they seized them and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.

Acts 4:3 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 4:3

And they laid hands on them
The Arabic version renders it, "on both"; on Peter and John; seized them by force, and drew them out of the temple:

and put them in hold unto the next day;
not in the common public prison, as in ( Acts 5:18 ) but they put them into the hands, and under the care and custody of a set of men, to keep and guard them; that they might not go away, until they had an opportunity of bringing them before the sanhedrim, to be examined and punished by them:

for it was now eventide;
it was at the ninth hour, or about three o'clock in the afternoon, when Peter and John went up to the temple, where they healed the lame man; after which, both of them preached to the people; so that it must now be evening; at least, as the Syriac version renders it, "the evening was near", or was drawing on.

Acts 4:3 In-Context

1 The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people.

2 They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

3 They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.

4 But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand.

5 The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 5:18