Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

ASV Byzantine Text

In The King James Version

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

In Context

28saying, Did we not strictly charge you not to teach in this name? and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

2 Samuel 24:4Notwithstanding, the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

Mark 7:7But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.

Revelation 14:8And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen is Babylon the great: she hath made 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 →

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