Acts 5:39
But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from the Lord. We can't speak to you bad or good.
2 Samuel 5:2In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. The Lord said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.'"
2 Kings 19:22Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn?When he hides his face, who then can see him?Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understandingnor counsel against the Lord.
Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who strives with his Maker-a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth!Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, 'What are you making?' or your work, 'He has no hands?'
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 →