Acts 5:29
But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.
Bible in Basic English
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 gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.
2 Samuel 24:4But the king's order was stronger than Joab and the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the king, to take the number of the children of Israel.
Mark 7:7But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
Revelation 14:8And a second angel came after, saying, Destruction has come to Babylon the great, which gave to all the nations the wine of the wrath of her evil ways.
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 →