Acts 5:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁹ But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Then Peter and the apostles replied, We must obey God rather than men.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

Common English Bible

²⁹ Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than humans!

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ 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

²⁹ But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men.

Acts 5:29 Cross References

Genesis 3:17

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

2 Samuel 24:4

Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

2 Kings 16:16

Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

Jeremiah 26:12

Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

Daniel 6:13

Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than unto God, judge ye:

1 Samuel 15:24

And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.