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Acts 5:29-32 KJV
Acts · chapter 5 · verses 29–32 · King James Version
29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. 30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. 31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 32And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.Acts 5:29-32 · King James Version
Acts 5:29-32 in context
27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
28Saying, 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.
29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
33When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
34Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
Cross references
- Acts 4:19
- 1 Samuel 15:24
- Mark 7:7-9
- Genesis 3:17
- Galatians 3:13
- 1 Peter 2:24
- Acts 10:39
- Luke 24:47
- John 15:26-27
Key words (Strong's)
- forgivenessaphesisrelease from bondage or imprisonment, forgiveness or pardon, of sins , remission of the…G859 →
- repentancemetanoiaa change of mind, as it appears to one who repents, of a purpose he has formed or of…G3341 →
- witnessesmartysa witness, in a legal sense, an historical sense, one who is a spectator of anything…G3144 →
- apostlesapostolosa delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders, specifically applied to the twelve…G652 →
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- fatherspatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- exaltedhypsoōto lift up on high, to exalt, metaph., to raise to the very summit of opulence and…G5312 →
- Savioursōtērsaviour, deliverer, preserverG4990 →
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