Acts 5:29

Peter and the other Apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than man.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 forbad you to teach in that name--did we not?" he said. "And see, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and are trying to make us responsible for that man's death!"

30The God of our forefathers has raised Jesus to life, whom you crucified and put to death.

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Cross References

Mark 7:7But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'

Revelation 14:8And another, a second angel, followed, exclaiming, "Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen--she who made all the nations drink the wine of the anger provoked by 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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