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Selected Verse: Acts 5:29 - Darby
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 5:29 |
Darby |
But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men. |
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King James |
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Then Peter, &c.--(See on Act 2:22, and Act 3:13, &c.). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| We ought to obey ... - See the notes on Act 4:19. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
We ought (δεῖ)
Stronger, we must.
To obey (πειθαρχεῖν)
Not often used in the New Testament to express obedience, the most common word being ὑπακούω. Sometimes πείθω is used. But this word, in itself, is the only one of the several in use which expresses the conception of obedience exclusively. Ὑπακούνειν is to obey as the result of listening to another: πείθεσθαι is to obey as the result of persuasion. This is the special term for the obedience which one owes to authority (ἀρχή): It occurs four times in the New Testament: Act 5:29, Act 5:32; Act 27:21; Tit 3:1; and in every case, of obedience to established authority, either of God or of magistrates. In Act 27:21, where it is used of the ship's officers hearkening to Paul's admonition not to loose from Crete, Paul speaks of his admonition as divinely inspired; compare Act 27:10. In Act 4:19, Peter and John say hearken (ἀκούειν). That is a mere listening to or considering the proposition made to them. This is a deliberate course of action. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Then Peter - In the name of all the apostles, said - He does not now give them the titles of honour, which he did before, Act 4:8; but enters directly upon the subject, and justifies what he had done. This is, as it were, a continuation of that discourse, but with an increase of severity. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| We ought to obey God rather than men - The same answer they gave before, Act 4:19, founded on the same reason, which still stood good. We have received our commission from God; we dare not lay it down at the desire or command of men. See the note on Act 4:19. |
13 The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged that he should be let go.
22 Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazaraean, a man borne witness to by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know
19 But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;
19 But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;
10 saying, Men, I perceive that the navigation will be with disaster and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.
21 And when they had been a long while without taking food, Paul then standing up in the midst of them said, Ye ought, O men, to have hearkened to me, and not have made sail from Crete and have gained this disaster and loss.
1 Put them in mind to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient to rule, to be ready to do every good work,
21 And when they had been a long while without taking food, Paul then standing up in the midst of them said, Ye ought, O men, to have hearkened to me, and not have made sail from Crete and have gained this disaster and loss.
32 And we are his witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, which God has given to those that obey him.
29 But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,
19 But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;
19 But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;