Acts 5:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then Peter and the apostles replied, We must obey God rather than men.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than humans!

Catholic Public Domain Version

But Peter and the Apostles responded by saying: "It is necessary to obey God, more so than men.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men.

Acts 5:29 Cross References

Genesis 3:17

And to the man he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

2 Samuel 24:4

But the king’s word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to take a census of the people of Israel.

2 Kings 16:16

The priest Uriah did everything that King Ahaz commanded.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.

Jeremiah 26:12

Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, “It is the Lord who sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.

Daniel 6:13

Then they responded to the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the interdict you have signed, but he is saying his prayers three times a day.”

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;

1 Samuel 15:24

Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.