Acts 5:29 meaning and explanation

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Acts 5:29, Berean Standard Bible

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Peter and the other apostles stand before the Sanhedrin, Israel's supreme council, which has just reminded them of its order to stop teaching in Jesus' name. Their reply is not defiance for its own sake but a settled conviction: where human authority commands what God forbids, God must be obeyed.

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