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Arrest And Imprisonment Of The Apostles In Virginia
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The four elements of an arrest are the intent to arrest, authority to arrest, subjection to arrest and the understanding by the person arrested that an arrest has occured.
Code § 46.2-940, officers shall make a physical arrest and take the violator before a magistrate when the officer believes either of the following: The violator has committed a felony. The violator is likely to disregard the summons issued under Va. Code § 46.2-936 (arrest for misdemeanors)
§ 46.2-936. Arrest for misdemeanor; release on summons; right to demand hearing immediately or within 24 hours; issuance of warrant on request of officer for violations of §§ 46.2-301 and 46.2-302; violations.
Procedure upon arrest without warrant. A. A person arrested without a warrant shall be brought forthwith before a magistrate or other issuing authority having jurisdiction who shall proceed to examine the officer making the arrest under oath.
Any law-enforcement officer with the powers of arrest may arrest without a warrant for an alleged violation of § 18.2-57.2, 18.2-60.4, or 16.1-253.2 regardless of whether such violation was committed in his presence, if such arrest is based on probable cause or upon personal observations or the reasonable complaint of ...
Virginia Code § 19.2-71 states in relevant part, “No magistrate may issue an arrest warrant for a felony offense upon the basis of a complaint by a person other than a law-enforcement officer or an animal control officer without prior authorization by the attorney for the Commonwealth or by a law-enforcement agency ...
In the eyes of the Jewish leaders, when Jesus claimed to be God's son he was insulting God. Blasphemy was taken very seriously and the punishment was death by stoning. After Jesus was arrested, he was put on trial by the Sanhedrin.
One of the reasons the priests, the captain of the temple and the Sadducees (Acts ) arrested Peter and John was because they were disturbing the peace. People were gathering around two men who had just healed a lame beggar from birth. Not only did they heal, but were preaching in the name of Jesus Christ.
The charges levied against Paul were that he was a “pestilent fellow” (meaning he was an annoyance who endangered society), that he was the leader of a seditious group, and that he had profaned the temple (see Acts –6).
The outcome of the apostles' imprisonment after their arrest in Jerusalem varied. Some were released and continued preaching, while others spent the remainder of their lives in prison.