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Acts 5:28-29
King James Version
Acts 5:28-29
King James Version
28 Saying, 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.
29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
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Acts 5:28-29
New International Version
Acts 5:28-29
New International Version
28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,”(A) he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”(B)
29 Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!(C)
Acts 5:28-29
English Standard Version
Acts 5:28-29
English Standard Version
28 saying, (A)“We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you (B)intend to bring this man's blood upon us.” 29 But Peter and the apostles answered, (C)“We must obey God rather than men.
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Acts 5:28-29
Christian Standard Bible
Acts 5:28-29
Christian Standard Bible
28 “Didn’t we strictly order you not to teach in this name?(A) Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”(B)
29 Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.
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Acts 5:28-29
New American Standard Bible 1995
Acts 5:28-29
New American Standard Bible 1995
28 saying, “We gave you (A)strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and [a]yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and (B)intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” 29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “(C)We must obey God rather than men.
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