Acts 4:3

3 So the temple authorities arrested Peter and John. It was already evening, so they put them in prison until the next day.

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 Peter and John were speaking to the people. The priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the Sadducees came up to the apostles.

2 They were very upset by what the apostles were teaching the people. The apostles were saying that because Jesus rose from the dead, people can be raised from the dead.

3 So the temple authorities arrested Peter and John. It was already evening, so they put them in prison until the next day.

4 But many who heard the message believed. The number of men who believed grew to about 5,000.

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