Acts 4:3

Acts 4:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
• New International Version (NIV)They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.

Context of Acts 4:3

1Peter and John were still speaking to the crowd in the yard of the temple. Then some priests, the leader of the police in the temple and some Sadducees came to them. 2They were angry because of the things that Peter and John were teaching the people there. They were teaching that Jesus had become alive again after his death. The Jewish leaders did not agree that dead people could become alive again. So they took hold of Peter and John. They put them in prison, because by then it was evening time. They put them in the prison until the next day. 4But many of the people who had heard Peter's message believed what he said. There were now about 5,000 men who believed in Jesus. 5The next day, the Jewish rulers and other important Jews met together in Jerusalem. The teachers of God's Law met together with them.

Acts 4:3 word by word

καὶ ἐπέβαλον αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ ἔθεντο εἰς τήρησιν εἰς τὴν αὔριον· ἦν γὰρ ἑσπέρα ἤδη.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• they laidἐπιβάλλωepiballō · to put on/seizeG1911
• handsχείρcheir · handG5495
• on themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• putτίθημιtithēmi · to placeG5087
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• holdτήρησιςtērēsis · jail/keepingG5084
• the next dayαὔριονaurion · tomorrowG839
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• it wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• nowἤδηēdē · alreadyG2235
• eventideἑσπέραhespera · eveningG2073

Cross-references for Acts 4:3

• Acts 5:18These important men took hold of the apostles and they put them in the city's prison.
• Acts 6:12This made the people become angry against Stephen. The important Jews and the teachers of God's Law also became very angry. So they took hold of Stephen. They took him to stand in front of the group of Jewish leaders.
• Acts 8:3But Saul brought great trouble to the believers. He wanted to destroy their whole group. So he went to all their houses. He took hold of the believers and he put them into prison. He did that to both men and women.
• Acts 9:2Saul asked him, ‘Please will you write some letters for me? Then I can give one of these letters to the leader of each Jewish group in Damascus. That will give me authority to take hold of any believers that I find there.’ Saul wanted to find anyone who agreed with the Way of the Lord Jesus. Then he would tie them and bring them back to Jerusalem, whether they were men or they were women.
• Acts 12:1At that time, King Herod took hold of some of the group of believers in Jerusalem. He wanted to cause them to suffer.
• Acts 16:19Her masters now knew that the girl could not get money for them any more. So they took hold of Paul and Silas and they pulled them to the market place of the city. They took them to stand in front of the leaders of the city.
• Matthew 10:16Jesus then said to his disciples, ‘Listen well. I am sending you to people who will want to kill you. You will be like sheep among wild animals. You must watch carefully, like snakes do. But you must also be good and kind like doves.
• Luke 22:52Then Jesus spoke to the people that had come to take hold of him. They were the leaders of the priests, and the leaders of the police in the temple. Other important Jews were also there. He said to them, ‘You have come here with swords and heavy sticks. Do you really think that I am leading people to fight against our country's rulers?
• John 18:12The group of soldiers, with their captain and the Jewish officers, took hold of Jesus. They tied him with ropes.

Commentaries on Acts 4:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Put them in hold - That is, they took them into “custody,” or into safe keeping. Probably they committed them to the care of a guard. Eventide - Evening. It was not convenient to assemble the council at night. This was, moreover, the time for the evening prayer or sacrifice, and it was not usual to assemble the Sanhedrin at that hour.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-22Throughout the Bible, God's people often experienced persecution. God's servants often encountered hostility and opposition (Deuteronomy 30:7; 1 Kings 18:13; Nehemiah 4:1–3; Jeremiah 37–38; Matthew 23:34–37; Luke 11:49–51; 1 Thessalonians 2:14–15). Jesus was also persecuted (Luke 4:29; John 5:16). He warned his disciples to expect similar treatment (Matthew 10:23; 24:9; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12; John 16:2). However, he promised that the Holy Spirit would…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131-12. the captain--of the Levitical guard. of the temple--annoyed at the disturbance created around it. and the Sadducees--who "say that there is no resurrection" (Ac 23:8), irritated at the apostles "preaching through (rather, 'in') Jesus the resurrection from the dead"; for the resurrection of Christ, if a fact, effectually overthrew the Sadducean doctrine.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 4:3

• Caiaphas
• Criminals
• Government
• Intolerance, Religious
• John
• Persecution
• Peter
• Prison
• Sadducees

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
• Hold
• Notable
• Possess
• Sanhedrim
• Threaten
• Threatening
• Acts of the Apostles
• Courts, Judicial
• Miracle

Commentaries on Acts 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings