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Acts 5:29

Acts chapter 5 · verse 29 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.28saying, We strictly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

v.29This passage

v.30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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;

  • Mark 7:7

    But in vain do they worship me, Teachingas theirdoctrines the precepts of men.

  • 1 Samuel 15:24

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

  • Revelation 14:8

    And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

  • Acts 4:19

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