Acts 5:29
King James Version
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Acts 5:29 in context
27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
28Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
About this book
The Book of Acts — summary, themes & key verses
The church begins — the Spirit poured out and the gospel spreading to the ends of the earth.
