Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles said in reply.

Montgomery 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

28"We strictly forbade you, did we not, to teach about this Name, and here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us."

30"We must obey God rather than man. The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom you slew by hanging him on a tree.

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Cross References

Mark 7:7But in vain do they worship me, For their teaching is only human precepts.

Revelation 14:8Then a second angel followed, crying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great, Who has made all the nations drink the wine Of the frenzy 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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