Bible verse
They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
Acts 4:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Acts 4.
1 While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
2 greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
3 They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
4 But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
5 The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
6 along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
7 They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
KJV
And they laid hands on them, and put [them] in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
ASV
And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.
ERV
And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.
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