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


In Context

26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,

28 saying, We straitly 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.

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

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

31 Him did God exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

Acts 5:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:29Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:29Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:29But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:29But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:29But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:29But Peter and the apostles answered, |We must obey God rather than men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:29And Peter and the apostles answering, said, 'To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.