Acts 5:29
And Peter and the apostles having answered, they said, We must obey God rather than men.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
In Context
30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye murdered, having hung on a tree.
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all
2 Samuel 24:4Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel.
Mark 7:7But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
Revelation 14:8And another, a second agent, followed, saying, Babylon the great has fallen, has fallen. She has given all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Matthew Henry on Acts 5:27-42
The Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 29… Read the whole commentary →