Acts 5:39
But if it be of God, all of you cannot overthrow it; lest lest by any means all of you be found even to fight against God.
Updated King James Version
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 and said, The thing proceeds from the LORD: we cannot speak unto you bad or good.
2 Samuel 5:2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be a captain over Israel.
2 Kings 19:22Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up yours eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, What make you? 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 →