Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the apostles answering said, We must obey God rather than men.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 lay our strict injunction upon you, that you should not teach in this name? and, lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and would fain bring this man’s blood upon us.

30The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom ye had killed, suspending him on a tree.

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Cross References

Mark 7:7Now vainly do they worship me, while teaching doctrines the commandments of men.”

Revelation 14:8And another angel followed, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because all nations have been made to drink of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom.

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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