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Acts 5:29

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

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

KJV

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

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἈποκριθεὶςApokritheisAnsweringG611 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
ΠέτροςPetrosPeterG4074 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
ἀπόστολοιapostoloiapostlesG652 →
εἶπαν·eipansaid;G2036 →
πειθαρχεῖνpeitharcheinTo obeyG3980 →
δεῖdeiit is necessaryG1163 →
θεῷtheōto GodG2316 →
μᾶλλονmallonratherG3123 →
ἢēthanG2228 →
ἀνθρώποις.anthrōpoisto men.G444 →

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Galatians 1:10Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.1 Samuel 15:24Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.Mark 7:7–9They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.Exodus 1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.Daniel 3:15Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”Revelation 14:8–12Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”Matthew 23:3So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.Matthew 15:5But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’Ephesians 6:20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.Numbers 23:26But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”Judges 6:25On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.Jeremiah 26:12But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.Acts 5:32We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”Genesis 27:8Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.Daniel 6:13Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”

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The Ascension — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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