Acts 5:27-29
What is written? (ESV)
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.”
What does it say?
[The apostles] were brought before the [Jewish] council, where they were interrogated by the Hight Priest and reminded that they had been told not to teach about Jesus and accusing them of being blamed for His blood. But Peter and the rest replied that they must obey God rather than men.
What is its immediate context?
In the early days of the Christian movement and God’s establishment of His “new covenant,” the apostles are carrying the message of the gospel across Jerusalem and Judea and it has landed them in prison (vs 18), but God released them (vs 19).
How Acts 5:27-29 is applied across Bible answers
Is God active among nations today?
The apostles are told the Jewish authorities to stop preaching the gospel message, but they prioritize obeying God over obeying men (e.g. government authority).
