Bible verse
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
Acts 5:29 · BSB
The verses around it, from Acts 5.
25 Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
26 At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
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.”
29 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.
32 We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
33 When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
KJV
Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
ASV
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
ERV
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
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