Acts 5:29

The Apostles before the Sanhedrin

28“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.

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Berean Standard Bible
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
American Standard Version (1901)
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
Bible in Basic English
But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.
Douay-Rheims 1899
But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men.
Free Bible Version
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We have to obey God rather than men.
Geneva Bible 1599
Then Peter and the Apostles answered, and sayd, We ought rather to obey God then men.
King James (Authorized) Version
¶ Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Plain English Version
Peter stood there with Jesus’s other special workers, and he said, “We’ve got to listen to God and do whatever he says, and not listen to people.
Translation for Translators
But Peter, speaking for himself and the other apostles, replied, “We (exc) have to obey what God commands us to do, not what you people tell us to do!
Unlocked Literal Bible
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
Noah Webster Bible
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
World English Bible
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
Young's Literal Translation
And Peter and the apostles answering, said, 'To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;