Acts 5:39

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But if God is behind it, you cannot stop it anyway, unless you want to fight against God. The council members agreed with what he said,

Cross References

Genesis 24:50

Laban and Bethuel answered, “The LORD has done this. We have no choice in the matter.

2 Samuel 5:2

Even when Saul was king, you led our nation in battle. And the LORD promised that some day you would rule Israel and take care of us like a shepherd.”

1 Kings 12:24

“Don't go to war against the people from Israel—they are your relatives. Go home! I am the LORD, and I made these things happen.” Rehoboam and his army obeyed the LORD and went home.

2 Kings 19:22

Sennacherib, you cursed, shouted, and sneered at me, the holy God of Israel.

Job 34:29

When God does nothing, can any person or nation find fault with him?

Proverbs 21:30

No matter how much you know or what plans you make, you can't defeat the LORD.

Isaiah 43:13

I am God now and for ever. No one can snatch you from me or stand in my way.

Isaiah 45:9

Israel, you have no right to argue with your Creator. You are merely a clay pot shaped by a potter. The clay doesn't ask, “Why did you make me this way? Where are the handles?”

Isaiah 46:10

From the very beginning, I told what would happen long before it took place. I kept my word

Daniel 4:35

To him the nations are far less than nothing; God controls the stars in the sky and everyone on this earth. When God does something, we cannot change it or even ask why.”

Matthew 16:18

So I will call you Peter, which means “a rock”. On this rock I will build my church, and death itself will not have any power over it.

Luke 21:15

I will give you the wisdom to know what to say. None of your enemies will be able to oppose you or to say that you are wrong.

Acts 11:17

God gave those Gentiles the same gift that he gave us when we put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. So how could I have gone against God?

Acts 23:9

and so there was a lot of shouting. Some of the teachers of the Law of Moses were Pharisees. Finally, they became angry and said, “We don't find anything wrong with this man. Perhaps a spirit or an angel really did speak to him.”

Acts 6:10

But they were no match for Stephen, who spoke with the great wisdom that the Spirit gave him.

Acts 7:51

You stubborn and hard-headed people! You are always fighting against the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.

Acts 9:5

“Who are you?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus,” the Lord answered. “I am the one you are so cruel to.

1 Corinthians 1:25

Even when God is foolish, he is wiser than everyone else, and even when God is weak, he is stronger than everyone else.

1 Corinthians 10:22

We would make the Lord jealous if we did that. And we are not stronger than the Lord.