Acts 4:3 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Acts 4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

Acts 4:2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Acts 4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

Acts 4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

Acts 4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "laid", "hands", "hold", "next", and "eventide". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "laid" and "hands", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Being grieved that they taught the people..." into verse 4's "Howbeit many of them which heard the...", so "laid" and "hands" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "laid" and "hands" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.