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Andκαὶthey laidἐπέβαλονhandsτὰς χεῖραςon themαὐτοῖςandκαὶput themἔθεντοinεἰςcustodyτήρησινuntilεἰςthe next day,τὴν αὔριονforγὰρit wasἦνalreadyἤδηevening.ἑσπέρα
Acts 4:3
Study it in the app“And they laid hands on them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 4:3, word by word
- they laidἐπέβαλονepebalon
lay on
To put something on something else; also to seize someone.
Where else “epebalon” appears- handsχεῖραςcheiras
hand
The part of the body at the end of the arm, used to hold and touch.
Where else “cheiras” appears- put themἔθεντοethento
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “ethento” appears- custodyτήρησινtērēsin
custody
Confinement under watch.
Where else “tērēsin” appears- the next dayαὔριονaurion
tomorrow
Tomorrow, the next day.
Where else “aurion” appears- it wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- alreadyἤδηēdē
already
Already, by now.
Where else “ēdē” appears- eveningἑσπέραhespera
evening
Evening.
Where else “hespera” appears
The context
2greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3 · This verse (above)
4But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
To study Acts 4 in a group
1. What it says
Peter and John are questioned by the council. What do they say, and what do the rulers notice about them? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Why do Peter and John answer that they cannot stop speaking about what they saw and heard? (vv. 19-20)
3. How I live it
The believers were of one heart, and no one lacked anything (vv. 32-35). Whom around you could you help today in a concrete way?