Hechos 4:3

3 Y les echaron mano, y los pusieron en la cárcel hasta el día siguiente; porque era ya tarde.

Hechos 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.

Hechos 4:3 In-Context

1 Y HABLANDO ellos al pueblo, sobrevinieron los sacerdotes, y el magistrado del templo, y los Saduceos,

2 Resentidos de que enseñasen al pueblo, y anunciasen en Jesús la resurrección de los muertos.

3 Y les echaron mano, y los pusieron en la cárcel hasta el día siguiente; porque era ya tarde.

4 Mas muchos de los que habían oído la palabra, creyeron; y fué el número de los varones como cinco mil.

5 Y aconteció al día siguiente, que se juntaron en Jerusalem los príncipes de ellos, y los ancianos, y los escribas;