Acts 5:29 KJV — MannaFest

Acts 5:29

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

DBT

But Peter answering, and the apostles, said,God must be obeyed rather than men.

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Acts — The Gospel's sequel. Jerusalem → Judea and Samaria → the ends of the earth. Three missionary journeys and the voyage to Rome.

Author: Luke, companion of Paul — the 'we' passages begin in 16:10
Date: c. AD 62

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Galatians 1:10
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
1 Samuel 15:24
And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
Mark 7:7–9
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

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Then Peter - In the name of all the apostles, said - He does not now give them the titles of honour, which he did before, chap. iv, 8; but enters directly upon the subject, and justifies what he had done. This is, as it were, a continuation of that discourse, but with an increase of severity.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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