Acts 5:29
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
In context
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.
Acts 5:29 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- KJV King James Version
- Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
- WEB World English Bible
- But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Peter and the apostles answering, said, 'To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;
- DBY Darby Translation
- But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.