Acts 5:26-29

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on Acts 5:26-29

26At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles— but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
27They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
28“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
— Acts 5:26-29

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