And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
Satan's agents will be spiteful; therefore Christ's servants must be resolute. Peter and John spoke openly to all, teaching the resurrection through Jesus Christ as the way to the happiness of the future state, and many believed, about five thousand, because the Spirit enabled both preachers and people to do their part.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 4:1-4
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 the common public prison, as in Act 5:18 but they put them into the hands, and under the care and custody of a set of men...
Verse 3. 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 at night. This was, moreover, the time for the evening prayer or sacrifice, and it was not usual to assemble the sanhedrim at that hour.