Acts 5:29
SHEMUN answered with the apostles and said to them, Aloha must we obey rather than men.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 hath raised up Jeshu whom you killed and hanged on the tree.
Cross References
Mark 7:7But in vain do they reverence me while they teach the teachings of the commandments of men.
Revelation 14:8And another angel, a second, followed him, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babel the Great, Which of the wine of the rage of her fornication Hath made all nations to drink.
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 →