Gamaliel’s Advice
Acts 5:39
In 9 translations
- BSB
- But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
- KJV
- But if it be of God, ye can not overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
- WEB
- But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”
- ASV
- but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.
- LSV
- and if it be of God, you are not able to overthrow it, lest perhaps you are also found fighting against God.”
- YLT
- and if it be of God, ye are not able to overthrow it, lest perhaps also ye be found fighting against God.'
- DBY
- but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God.ElohimElohim
- DRC
- But if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it, lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God. And they consented to him.
- GNV
- But if it be of God, ye can not destroy it, lest ye be found euen fighters against God.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read δυνήσεσθε (“you will be able”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δύνασθε (“you are able”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτούς (“them”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αὐτό (“it”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: δυνήσεσθε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δυνήσεσθε; Robinson–Pierpont read δύνασθε.
- SBLGNT: αὐτούς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτούς; Robinson–Pierpont read αὐτό.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- εἰ δὲ ἐκ θεοῦ ἐστιν, οὐ δυνήσεσθε καταλῦσαι αὐτούς·) μήποτε καὶ θεομάχοι εὑρεθῆτε. ἐπείσθησαν δὲ αὐτῷ,
- RP2018
- εἰ δὲ ἐκ θεοῦ ἐστιν, οὐ δύνασθε καταλῦσαι αὐτό, μήποτε καὶ θεομάχοι εὑρεθῆτε.
- TR-Boyd
- εἰ δὲ ἐκ Θεοῦ ἐστιν, οὐ δύνασθε καταλῦσαι αὐτό, μήποτε καὶ θεομάχοι εὑρεθῆτε.
- SCR1894
- ει δε εκ θεου εστιν ου δυνασθε καταλυσαι αυτο μηποτε και θεομαχοι ευρεθητε
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👤 God◆ Gamaliel advises the counsel and Apostles freed
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
GamalielHymenaeusAccord; According; AccordinglySanhedrimScribesTongues of FireCourts, JudicialHap; HaplyPrudenceKeys, Power of the
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- Matthew 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- 1 Corinthians 1:25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
- Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
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- Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
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- Job 15:25–27For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield. Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
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