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Acts 5:29

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

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  1. Acts 5:27

    And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

  2. Acts 5:28

    Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

  3. Acts 5:30

    The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

  4. Acts 5:31

    Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.