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


In Context

26 then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

27 and having brought them, they set them in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them,

28 saying, 'Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.'

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

30 and the God of our fathers did raise up Jesus, whom ye slew, having hanged upon a tree;

31 this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness 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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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