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The Apostles before the Sanhedrin

Acts 5:29

In 9 translations

BSB
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
KJV
¶ Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
WEB
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
ASV
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
LSV
And Peter and the apostles answering, said, “It is required to obey God, rather than men;
YLT
And Peter and the apostles answering, said, 'To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;
DBY
But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.Elohim
DRC
But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men.
GNV
Then Peter and the Apostles answered, and sayd, We ought rather to obey God then men.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include ὁ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
  • Spelling of εἶπαν: Textus Receptus: εἶπον.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Πέτρος καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι εἶπαν· Πειθαρχεῖν δεῖ θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις.
RP2018
Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Πέτρος καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι εἶπον, Πειθαρχεῖν δεῖ θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις.
TR-Boyd
Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι εἶπον, Πειθαρχεῖν δεῖ Θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις.
SCR1894
αποκριθεις δε ο πετρος και οι αποστολοι ειπον πειθαρχειν δει θεω μαλλον η ανθρωποις

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👤 God👤 Simon Peter◆ Apostles arrested, put on trial

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  • Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
  • 1 Samuel 15:24Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
  • Mark 7:7–9They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.” He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain…
  • Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the…
  • Revelation 14:8–12Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.” And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice,…

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