Acts 4:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Acts 4:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Acts 4:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proceedings before the Sanhedrin. Acts 4:1-4 . Peter's speech seems to have reached its conclusion, but Acts 4:1 says it was interrupted by the arrival of persons representing the Sanhedrin and...
Acts 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in. App-104. hold . ward. Greek. teresis Only here, Acts 5:18 , and 1 Corinthians 7:19 . now . already.
Acts 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
Acts 4:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For it was now even-tide.— Or, evening. As Peter and John went up to the temple at three in the afternoon, this expression makes it probable that some hours might be spent in preaching to the peo...
Acts 4:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide - th...
Acts 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Arrest of Peter and John 1-22. Arrest of Peter and John. Peter's speech before the Sanhedrin. The proceedings of the Apostles displeased the authorities, (1) because they taught the people ( Acts...
Acts 4:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It was now eventide. — The narrative started, it will be remembered, from 3 P.M. ( Acts 3:1 ). The “eventide” began at 6 P.M. Put them in hold. — Literally, in custody. In Acts 5:18 , the wor...
Acts 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Name above Every Name Acts 4:1-12 The Sadducees are particularly mentioned, because they were the agnostics of the age, and had no belief in the unseen and eternal. The fact of our Lord's r...
Acts 4:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Opposition to apostolic preaching and work seems to have originated mostly from the influence of the Sadducees. The preaching of the apostles contradicted all the cardinal elements in the Sadducean p...
Acts 4:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, (2) Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurre...
Acts 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 i...
Acts 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. Ver. 3. Put them in hold ] In the sergeant's ward, τηρησις, not in the jail or dungeon. God doth by...
Acts 4:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And as they Namely, Peter and John; spake unto the people The multitude, who had assembled in the temple, upon occasion of the miraculous cure of the lame man, as related in the preceding chapter...
Acts 4:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The religious leaders were greatly agitated by the public speaking of the apostles, and the Sadducees particularly, for one of their cardinal doctrines was the denial of any resurrection. They were e...
Acts 4:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter and John Imprisoned. 1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came...
Acts 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Put them in hold; some think this not to have been so strait a custody as that of a prison, but that rather the apostles were delivered to some who promised that they should be forthcoming. The pre...
Acts 4:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Hearing Before The Sanhedrin (4:1-22).
Acts 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 4:1 . As they spake .—Lit., they , the apostles, either Peter for John or John with Peter speaking . The discourse was probably interrupted after the utterance of the pre...
Acts 4:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 4:1-22 Look at this passage: (1) from the side of the Jewish leaders; (2) from the side of the Apostles. I. On the side of the Jewish leaders there was (1) illiberality; (2) shortsightedness...
Acts 4:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 4:1-44 . And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus...
Acts 4:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 4:1 . The captain of the temple was the captain of the watch, and saw that the levites performed their duty day and night. He beat them and set fire to their garments, if he found them asleep...
Acts 4:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them. The captain of the temple was an officer of a sort which Luke mentions in the p...
Acts 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 4:1 The captain of the temple. Only here and Acts 5:24 , and Luke 22:4 , Luke 22:52 in the plural some have thought that the commander of the Roman garrison of the ca...
Acts 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts Chapter 4 Peter and John before the Council of the Jews. The arrest of the apostles:
Acts 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 12:1-3 ; Acts 16:19-24 ; Acts 5:18 ; Acts 6:12 ; Acts 8:3 ; Acts 9:2 ; John 18:12 ; Luke 22:52 ; Luke 22:54 ; Matthew 10:16 ; Matthew 10:17
Acts 4:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Fighting Against God Acts 4:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fourth chapter of Acts continues the account of the third chapter, bringing to a climax the healing of the lame man. The rulers and elde...

Acts 4:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 4:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 4:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 4:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 4:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 4:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 4:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 4:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 4:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 4:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 4:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 4:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 4:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 4:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary