At the end of their preaching in sackcloth, these anointed ones were symbolically killed when they were thrown into prison for a comparatively shorter period of time, a symbolic three and a half days.
الا ان سجنهم هذا لم يدم سوى ثلاثة ايام ونصف رمزية ،‏ اي فترة قصيرة نسبيا .‏