And they laid hands on them and put them[a] in custody until the next day, because it was already evening. But many of those who listened to the message believed, and the number of the men was approximately five thousand.

Peter and John on Trial Before the Sanhedrin

And it happened that on the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes came together in Jerusalem,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 4:3 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail(A) until the next day. But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew(B) to about five thousand.

The next day the rulers,(C) the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.

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