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Acts 4:3

Acts 4:3
And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Put 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 4:1-4

We have here the interests of the kingdom of heaven successfully carried on, and the powers of darkness appearing against them to put a stop to them. let Christ's servants be ever so resolute, Satan's…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

and put them in hold i.e. in prison. The word means ward, safe keeping. And it is worth noticing on the use of it, that the Jews only employed imprisonment for this precautionary purpose. It was not a…