Acts 5:39

but if it is of God ye can not overthrow them; lest haply ye be found also fighting against God.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

In Context

38And now I say to you, refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught;

40And to him they assented; and having called the apostles, they scourged them, and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

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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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