Acts 5:38

And now I say to you, keep away from these men, and let them go, because if the project or this work is from men, it will be overthrown,

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In The King James Version

And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

In Context

37After this man Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the registration, and drew a considerable crowd behind him. That man was also destroyed, and all, as many as were persuaded by him, were scattered.

39but if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it, and perhaps ye may be found to be fighting against God.

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Cross References

Job 5:12He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against LORD.

Isaiah 8:9Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces. And give ear, all ye of far countries. Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces. Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.

Lamentations 3:37Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when LORD does not command it?

John 11:48If we allow him this way, all men will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and the nation.

1 Corinthians 1:26For notice your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many eminent.

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 →

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