Acts 5:39 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³⁹ And the saying was liked by all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ But if it is of God, you will not be able to stop or overthrow or destroy them; you might even be found fighting against God!

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.

Common English Bible

³⁹ If it originates with God, you won’t be able to stop them. Instead, you would actually find yourselves fighting God!” The council was convinced by his reasoning.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ Yet truly, if it is of God, you will not be able to break it, and perhaps you might be found to have fought against God." And they agreed with him.

Acts 5:39 Cross References

Genesis 24:50

0 And Laban and Bathuel answered: The word hath proceeded from the Lord, we cannot speak any other thing to thee but his pleasure.

2 Samuel 5:2

But David took the castle of Sion, the same is the city of David.

1 Kings 12:24

9 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:

2 Kings 19:22

7 Thy dwelling and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy way I knew before, and thy rage against me.

Job 34:29

5 But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words sound not discipline.

Proverbs 21:30

It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Isaiah 43:13

1 This people have I formed for my- self, they shall shew forth my praise.

Isaiah 45:9

7 Israel is saved in the Lord with as eternal salvation: you shall not be con- founded, and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever.

Isaiah 46:10

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called the lady of kingdoms.

Daniel 4:35

Then was the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him: and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against the other.

Matthew 16:18

6 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

Luke 21:15

3 But woe to them that are with child, and give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

Acts 11:17

5 And Barnabas went to Tarsus to seek Saul: whom, when he had found, he brought to Antioch.

Acts 23:9

7 And Paul, calling to him one of the centurions, said: Bring this young man to the tribune, for he hath some thing to tell him.

Acts 6:10

And said to him: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

Acts 7:51

9 And they stoned Stephen, invoking, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Acts 9:5

3 But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints in Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 1:25

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

1 Corinthians 10:22

1 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatsoever else you do, do all to the glory of God.