Acts 4:3

3 They arrested the two Apostles and lodged them in custody till the next day; for 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 While they were saying this to the people, the Priests, the Commander of the Temple Guard, and the Sadducees came upon them,

2 highly incensed at their teaching the people and proclaiming in the case of Jesus the Resurrection from among the dead.

3 They arrested the two Apostles and lodged them in custody till the next day; for it was already evening.

4 But many of those who had listened to their preaching believed; and the number of the adult men had now grown to be about 5,000.

5 The next day a meeting was held in Jerusalem of their Rulers, Elders, and Scribes,