Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Revised King James 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

28Did we not sternly command you that you should not teach in this name? and, behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.

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Cross References

Mark 7:7In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Revelation 14:8And there followed another angel, saying, Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great, she who made all the nations drink of the maddening wine of her adulteries.

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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