English Standard Version
Acts 5:29
29But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.
Acts 5:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
- New International Version (NIV)Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!
- New King James Version (NKJV)But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.
Context of Acts 5:29
27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, 28saying, "We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us." But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men. 30The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. 31God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Read all of Acts 5Acts 5:29 word by word
Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Πέτρος καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι εἶπαν· πειθαρχεῖν δεῖ θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thenδέde · thenG1161
- Peterὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- theἀπόστολοςapostolos · apostleG652
- answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Weπειθαρχέωpeitharcheō · to obeyG3980
- oughtδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- ratherμᾶλλονmallon · more: ratherG3123
- thanἤē · orG2228
- menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
Cross-references for Acts 5:29
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge,
- Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
- 1 Samuel 15:24Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
- Mark 7:7in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'
- Revelation 14:8Another angel, a second, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."
Commentaries on Acts 5:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29We ought to obey God rather than men - The same answer they gave before, Acts 4:19, founded on the same reason, which still stood good. We have received our commission from God; we dare not lay it down at the desire or command of men. See the note on Acts 4:19.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29We ought to obey - See the notes on Acts 4:19.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-33Verses 26-33 Many will do an evil thing with daring, yet cannot bear to hear of it afterward, or to have it charged upon them. We cannot expect to be redeemed and healed by Christ, unless we give up ourselves to be ruled by him. Faith takes the Saviour in all his offices, who came, not to save us in our sins, but to save us from our sins. Had Christ been exalted to give dominion to Israel, the chief priests would have welcomed him. But repentance and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29See study note on verses 4:19–20.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3029-30. Then Peter, &c.--(See on Ac 2:22, and Ac 3:13, &c.).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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