Acts 5:38

And now therefore, I say to you, withdraw from these men and leave them alone. For if this counsel or work is of men, it will be broken.

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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 one, Judas the Galilean stepped forward, in the days of the enrollment, and he turned the people toward himself. But he also perished, and all of them, as many as had joined with him, were dispersed.

39Yet truly, if it is of God, you will not be able to break it, and perhaps you might be found to have fought against God.” And they agreed with him.

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Cross References

Job 5:12He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel, which is against the Lord.

Isaiah 8:9O people, gather together, and be conquered! All distant lands, listen! Be strengthened, and be conquered! Gird yourselves, and be conquered!

Lamentations 3:37MEM. Who is this, who said to do what the Lord did not command?

John 11:48If we leave him alone, in this way all will believe in him. And then the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.”

1 Corinthians 1:26So take care of your vocation, brothers. For not many are wise according to the flesh, not many are powerful, not many are noble.

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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