Acts 5:29 — Community Reflections

ACTS 5:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

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

Peter and the apostles replied: 'We must obey God rather than human beings!' - the principle is stated with crystalline clarity: divine command supersedes human authority. The phrase 'obey God rather than human beings' (dei obeisai tō theō mallon ē anthrōpois) becomes a foundational assertion for all Christian civil disobedience. Peter speaks for the apostolic body, showing unified conviction and courage.

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Yuki TanakaNote2mo ago

When Obedience Becomes Rebellion

Peter stood before the authorities who had arrested and threatened him, and said: 'We must obey God rather than human beings.' I was nineteen when I first understood what that verse means. My parents ...