“And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.”
They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail - the 'public jail' (phylakē dēmosia) was public humiliation as well as imprisonment. The move is bold and escalating; in Acts 4, they arrested Peter and John and released them; now they arrest 'the apostles' collectively, suggesting a move toward systematic suppression.
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