Acts 4:3
Strong's 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.

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

χεῖρας (cheiras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5495: A hand.

[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.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they seized them and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.

New American Standard Bible
And they laid hands on them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening.

King James Bible
And they laid hands on them, and put [them] in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.

New Living Translation
They arrested them and, since it was already evening, put them in jail until morning.

English Standard Version
And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.

New American Standard Bible
And they laid hands on them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they seized them and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.

International Standard Version
So they arrested them and placed them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.

NET Bible
So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day (for it was already evening).

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

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

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
















Cross References
Matthew 4:12
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;

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

Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Acts 4:2
Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Acts 4:1
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

Acts 3:26
Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.

Acts 4:4
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

Acts 4:5
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

Acts 4:6
And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
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