Acts 5:27–29
Told to stop teaching, Peter and the apostles say they must obey God first
Study it word by word27And having brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,
28saying, “We strictly ordered you not to teach in this name, and look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.”
29But Peter and the apostles answered and said, “We must obey God rather than people.
In its context
25But someone came and reported to them, “Look, the men whom you put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.”
26Then the captain went with the officers and brought them, not with force, for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned.
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30The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.
31Him God exalted to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give Israel a change of mind and forgiveness of sins.
Its words in the original
- ἈγαγόντεςAgagontes· lead, bring
Lead, bring, take along.
- ἔστησανestēsan· stand, set
Stand, stand still, stop; also set, establish.
- συνεδρίῳsynedriōi· council, Sanhedrin
Sanhedrin: the great Jewish court in Jerusalem.
- ἐπηρώτησενepērōtēsen· ask
Ask, question.
- ἀρχιερεὺςarchiereus· chief priest, high priest
High priest. In the plural, the one then in office, those who had held it before, and the heads of the priestly families: the chief priests.
- λέγωνlegōn· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ΠαραγγελίᾳParangeliai· order, instruction
Order, command, instruction.
- παρηγγείλαμενparēngeilamen· command, instruct
Give orders, instruct.
- διδάσκεινdidaskein· teach
Teach.
- ὀνόματιonomati· name
Name. In the Bible, a name stands for the person himself.
- πεπληρώκατεpeplērōkate· fulfill, fill
Fill; fulfill: bring about what a word announced.
- ἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēm· Jerusalem
Jerusalem: the city of David and of the temple, the capital of Judea.
- διδαχῆςdidachēs· teaching
Teaching.
- βούλεσθεboulesthe· want, intend
Want firmly, resolve, intend.
- ἐπαγαγεῖνepagagein· bring upon
Bring upon someone, make something fall on them.
- αἷμαhaima· blood
Blood; also life poured out.
- ἀνθρώπουanthrōpou· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis· answer
Answer, reply; speak up.
- ΠέτροςPetros· Peter
Peter, "rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.
- ἀπόστολοιapostoloi· apostle, one sent
Apostle: "one sent", a messenger with a mission. This was the name given to the Twelve whom Jesus chose.
- ΠειθαρχεῖνPeitharchein· obey
Obey a ruler or authority.
- δεῖdei· bind, tie
Bind, tie.
- θεῷtheōi· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- μᾶλλονmallon· more, rather
More, rather.