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Acts 4:19

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But Peter and John replied, “You decide whether it is right before God to listen to you men or to Him;

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But Peter and the apostles answered them, “We must obey God instead of [you] men [in this situation].

I am speaking to you as [I would] to sensible people, [so] judge for yourselves what I am saying.

This is good and acceptable [behavior] in the sight of God our Savior,

Do not make judgments based [merely] on how things look, but make judgments on how they really are.”

They answered Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He replied, “Pay to Caesar whatever belongs to Caesar and pay to God whatever belongs to God.”

are you not making class distinctions among yourselves and judging [people] from evil motives?

Children, you should obey your parents in the Lord [i.e., as part of your Christian responsibility], for this is the right thing to do.

Instead, we have renounced [the practice of] secret, disgraceful behavior. We do not practice deception, nor resort to distorting God’s message. But, by making known the truth [i.e., the true message], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the presence of God.

By [having] faith, Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born because they saw that he was a handsome child, and they were not afraid of the king’s decree [to destroy all male Hebrew children].

So, Jesus sent Peter and John [to Jerusalem], saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover [meal].”

Now when these men saw how boldly Peter and John spoke, and perceived that they were uneducated and [even] ignorant men, they were quite surprised; then they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

“We strictly commanded you not to teach in this name [i.e., the name of Jesus] and look [what you have done]; you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and you intend to hold us responsible for this man’s [i.e., Jesus'] death.”




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