Acts 4:3 Cross References

Acts 4:3

3: They arrested them and, since it was already evening, jailed them until morning.

"Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Be as wary as snakes and harmless as doves.
But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and beaten in the synagogues.

So they arrested him and led him to the high priest's residence, and Peter was following far behind.

He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them--both men and women--back to Jerusalem in chains.

So the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the Temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up.

About that time King Herod Agrippa began to persecute some believers in the church.
He had the apostle James (John's brother) killed with a sword.
When Herod saw how much this pleased the Jewish leaders, he arrested Peter during the Passover celebration

Naturally, this roused the crowds, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council.

Then Jesus spoke to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard and the other leaders who headed the mob. "Am I some dangerous criminal," he asked, "that you have come armed with swords and clubs to arrest me?

Saul was going everywhere to devastate the church. He went from house to house, dragging out both men and women to throw them into jail.

Her masters' hopes of wealth were now shattered, so they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities at the marketplace.
"The whole city is in an uproar because of these Jews!" they shouted.
"They are teaching the people to do things that are against Roman customs."
A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods.
They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn't escape.

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