Acts 5:29

But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said—It is needful to be yielding obedience unto God rather than unto men:—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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—Strictly, did we charge you not to be teaching upon this name; and lo! ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and are minded to bring down upon us, the blood of this man.

30The God of our fathers, hath raised up Jesus,—whom, ye, got into your hands, suspending him upon a tree:—

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Cross References

Genesis 3:17And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;

2 Samuel 24:4Notwithstanding, the word of the king prevailed against Joab, and over the captains of the force,—so Joab went forth, with the captains of the force, before the king, to number the people—Israel.

Mark 7:7But, in vain, do they pay devotions unto me, teaching for teachings, the commandments of men;

Revelation 14:8And, another, a second [messenger] followed, saying—Fallen! fallen! is Babylon the great, who, of the wine of the wrath of her lewdness, hath caused all the 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 →

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