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Acts 5:29

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27 They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

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

30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.

31 God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

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BSB
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “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.
WEB
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
ASV
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
DARBY
But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.
BLB
But Peter and the apostles, answering, said, “It is necessary to obey God rather than men.
ÅB
Da svarte Peter og apostlene: En skal lyde Gud mere enn mennesker.
OTB
Peter og de andre apostlene svarte: “Vi må følge Gud fremfor mennesker!
B1930
Da svarte Peter og apostlene: En skal lyde Gud mere enn mennesker.

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Cross references

  • Acts 4:19

    But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:24

    Then 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.

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  • Mark 7:7–9

    They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’

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  • Genesis 3:17

    And 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.

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  • Revelation 14:8–12

    Then 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.”

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