Acts 4:3
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And they laid hands upon them and put them in hold till the next day: for it was now evening.

laid.

Acts 5:18 And they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

Acts 6:12 And they stirred up the people and the ancients and the scribes. And running together, they took him and brought him to the council.

Acts 8:3 But Saul made havock of the church, entering in from house to house: and dragging away men and women, committed them to prison.

Acts 9:2 And asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues: that if he found any men and women of this way, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Acts 12:1-3 And at the same time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict some of the church. . . .

Acts 16:19-24 But her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, apprehending Paul and Silas, brought them into the market place to the rulers. . . .

Matthew 10:16,17 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves. . . .

Luke 22:52,54 And Jesus said to the chief priests and magistrates of the temple and the ancients, that were come unto him: Are ye come out, as it were against a thief, with swords and clubs? . . .

John 18:12 Then the band and the tribune and the servants of the Jews took Jesus and bound him.

Context
Peter and John Before the Council
2Being grieved that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead: 3And they laid hands upon them and put them in hold till the next day: for it was now evening. 4But many of them who had heard the word believed: and the number of the men was made five thousand.…
Cross References
Matthew 4:12
And when Jesus had heard that John was delivered up, he retired into Galilee:

Acts 5:18
And they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

Lexicon
They seized
ἐπέβαλον (epebalon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1911: From epi and ballo; to throw upon; specially to reflect; impersonally, to belong to.

[Peter and John],
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

because
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

it was
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

already
ἤδη (ēdē)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2235: Already; now at length, now after all this waiting. Apparently from e and de; even now.

evening,
ἑσπέρα (hespera)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2073: Evening. Feminine of an adjective hesperos; the eve.

they put [them]
ἔθεντο (ethento)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5087: To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place.

in
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

custody
τήρησιν (tērēsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5084: A prison; observance (as of precepts). From tereo; a watching, i.e. observance, or a prison.

until
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

next day.
αὔριον (aurion)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 839: Tomorrow. From a derivative of the same as aer; properly, fresh, i.e. to-morrow.


Additional Translations
They seized Peter and John, and because it was already evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

And they laid hands on them and put them in custody until the next day; for it was already evening.

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

And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.

and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.

And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.

And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody to the next day: for it was now evening.

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

They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.

and they laid hands upon them, and did put them in custody unto the morrow, for it was evening already;
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