Acts 4:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

Young's Literal Translation
and they laid hands upon them, and did put them in custody unto the morrow, for it was evening already;

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

Greek
They seized
ἐπέβαλον (epebalon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1911: From epi and ballo; to throw upon; specially to reflect; impersonally, to belong to.

[Peter and John],
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

because
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

it was
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

already
ἤδη (ēdē)
Adverb
Strong's 2235: Already; now at length, now after all this waiting. Apparently from e and de; even now.

evening,
ἑσπέρα (hespera)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2073: Evening. Feminine of an adjective hesperos; the eve.

they put [them]
ἔθεντο (ethento)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 5087: To put, place, lay, set, fix, establish. A prolonged form of a primary theo to place.

in
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

custody
τήρησιν (tērēsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5084: A prison; observance (as of precepts). From tereo; a watching, i.e. observance, or a prison.

until
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

next day.
αὔριον (aurion)
Adverb
Strong's 839: Tomorrow. From a derivative of the same as aer; properly, fresh, i.e. to-morrow.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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