Acts 5:38

Now I tell you, withdraw from these men and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of 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 of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

39But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”

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Cross References

Job 5:12He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.

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

Isaiah 8:9Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!

Lamentations 3:37Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?

John 11:48If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

1 Corinthians 1:26For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many 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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