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Acts 5:29

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But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

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Acts 5:29 in other translations

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

Acts 5:29 · American Standard Version

Acts 5:29 in context

  1. 27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,
  2. 28saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”
  3. 29But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
  4. 30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
  5. 31God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.