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Selected Verse: Acts 4:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 4:3 |
King James |
And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 Sanhedrin at that hour. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
In hold (εἰς τήρησιν)
A somewhat antiquated rendering. Better, as Rev., in ward. See on Pe1 1:4. |
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,