Acts 5:29

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But Peter and the Apostles answered, and sayde: We ought more to obeye God then men.

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  • Acts 4:19 : 19 But Peter & Ihon answered, and sayde vnto the: Iudge ye youre selues, whether it be right before God, that we shulde be more obedient vnto you, then vnto God.
  • Mark 7:7-9 : 7 But in vayne do they serue me, whyle they teach soch doctrynes as are nothinge but the commaundemetes of me. 8 Ye leaue the comaundement of God and kepe the tradicions of men, as the wasshynge of cruses and cuppes, & many soch thinges do ye. 9 And he saide vnto the: How goodly haue ye cast asyde the comaundement of God, to manteyne youre owne tradicions?
  • Gen 3:17 : 17 And vnto Adam he sayde: For so moch as thou hast herkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tre, wherof I commaunded the, sayenge: thou shalt not eate of it. Cursed be ye earth for thy sake. With sorowe shalt thou eate therof, all the dayes of thy life.
  • 1 Sam 15:24 : 24 Then sayde Saul vnto Samuel: I haue synned, yt I haue transgressed the commaundement of the LORDE and thy worde: for I was afrayed of the people, and herkened vnto their voyce.
  • Rev 14:8-9 : 8 And there folowed another angell, sayenge: She is fallen, she is fallen: eue Babilon that greate cite, for she made all nacions drynke off the wyne off hyr whordome. 9 And the thyrde angel folowed the, sayenge with a loude voyce: Yf eny man worshippe the beest and his ymage, and receaue his marke in his forhed, or on his honde, 10 the same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God, which is powred in the cuppe of his wrath. And he shalbe punysshed in fyre and brymstone, before the holy Angels, and before the lambe. 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth vp euermore. And they haue no rest daye ner nyght, which worshippe the beast and his ymage, and whosoeuer receaueth the prynt of his name. 12 Here is the pacience of sayntes. Heare are they that kepe the commaundementes and the faith off Iesu.

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  • Acts 4:15-21
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    15 Then comaunded they the to stode asyde out of ye councell, & comened amoge the selues,

    16 & saide: What shal we do to these me? for a manyfest token is done by them, and is openly knowne vnto the that dwell at Ierusalem, and we can not denye it.

    17 But that it breake out no farther amoge the people, let vs threate them earnestly, that hence forth they speake of this name vnto noman.

    18 And they called them, and comaunded the, that in eny wyse they shulde not speake ner teache in the name of Iesu.

    19 But Peter & Ihon answered, and sayde vnto the: Iudge ye youre selues, whether it be right before God, that we shulde be more obedient vnto you, then vnto God.

    20 We can not chose, but speake that we haue sene & herde.

    21 But they threatened them, and let them go, and founde nothinge how to punyshe them because of ye people: for they all praysed God because of that, which was done.

  • Acts 5:25-28
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    25 Then came there one, which tolde them: Beholde, the men that ye put in preson, are in the temple, stondinge and teachinge the people.

    26 Then wete ye rulers with their mynisters, and fetched them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they shulde haue bene stoned.

    27 And whan they had brought them, they set the before the councell. And the hye prest axed them,

    28 and sayde: Dyd not we comaunde you strately, that ye shulde not teache in this name. And beholde, ye haue fylled Ierusalem with youre doctryne, and ye intede to brynge this mans bloude vpon vs.

  • 30 The God of oure fathers hath raysed vp Iesus, who ye slewe, and hanged on tre.

  • Acts 4:7-9
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    7 and set them before them, and axed them: By what auctorite, Or in what name haue ye done this?

    8 Peter full of the holy goost, sayde vnto them: Ye rulers of the people, and ye Elders of Israel,

    9 Yf we this daye be examyned concernynge this good dede vpon the sicke ma, by what meanes he is made whole,

  • Acts 5:38-41
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    38 And now I saye vnto you: refrayne yor selues fro these men, and let the go. Yf this councell or worke be of me, it wil come to naught:

    39 but yf it be of God, ye are not able to destroye it, lest ye be founde to be the men, that wil stryue agaynst God.

    40 Then they agreed vnto him, and called the Apostles, and bet them, and commaunded them, that they shulde speake nothinge in the name of Iesu, and let them go.

    41 But they departed from the presence of the councell, reioysinge, that they were worthy to suffre rebuke for his names sake.

  • 37 Whan they herde this, their hert pricked them, and they sayde vnto Peter and to the other Apostles: Ye men and brethre, What shal we do?

  • 14 Then stode Peter vp with the eleuen, and lift vp his voyce, and sayde vnto them: Ye men of Iewry, and all ye that dwell at Ierusale, be this knowne vnto you, and let my wordes entre in at youre eares.

  • Acts 5:32-33
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    32 And we are his recordes of these wordes, and the holy goost, who God hath geuen vnto the that obeye him.

    33 Wha they herde that, it wente thorow the hertes of them, and they thoughte to slaye them.

  • 35 and sayde vnto them: Ye men of Israel, take hede to youre selues, what ye do as touchinge these men.

  • 20 But he sayde vnto them: Whom saye ye that I am? Then answered Peter and sayde: Thou art the Christ of God.

  • Acts 15:5-7
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    5 Then rose there vp certayne of the secte of ye Pharises (which beleued) and sayde: They must be circumcysed and comaunded, to kepe the lawe of Moses.

    6 But the Apostles and Elders came together, to reason vpon this matter.

    7 Now whan there was moch disputinge Peter rose vp, and sayde vnto the: Ye men and brethren, ye knowe that a good whyle agoo, God chose amonge vs, yt the Heythe by my mouth shulde heare the worde of the Gospell, and beleue.

  • 27 Then answered Peter & sayde vnto him: Beholde, we haue forsake all, and folowed the: What shal we haue therfore?

  • Acts 5:18-21
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    18 & layed handes on the Apostles, and put them in the comon preson.

    19 But the angell of ye LORDE by night opened the preson dores, and brought the out, and sayde:

    20 Go youre waye and steppe vp, and speake in the temple to the people all the wordes of this life.

    21 Whan they herde that, they entred in to the temple early in the mornynge: and taught.But the hye prest came, and they yt were with him, and called the councell together, & all ye Elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the preson to fet them.

  • 28 Then sayde Peter: Beholde, we haue forsake all, and folowed the.

  • 29 And now LORDE, beholde their threatenynges, and graunte vnto thy seruauntes with all stedfast boldnesse to speake thy worde:

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    46 For they herde that they spake with tunges, and magnified God. The answered Peter:

    47 Maye eny man forbydde water, that these shulde not be baptysed, which haue receaued the holy goost as well as we?

  • 13 Submytte youre selues vnto all maner ordinaunce of men for the LORDES sake: whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto ye chefe heade,

  • 5 And Peter answered, and sayde vnto Iesus: Rabbi, here is good beynge for vs. Let vs make thre tabernacles: one for the, one for Moses, and one for Elias.

  • 30 They answered, and sayde vnto him: Yf he were not an euell doer, we had not delyuered him vnto the.

  • 26 But Peter toke him vp, and sayde: Stonde vp, I am a man also.

  • Acts 3:12-13
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    12 Whan Peter sawe that, he answered vnto the people: Ye men of Israel, why maruayle ye at this, or why loke ye so at vs, as though we by oure awne power or deseruynge, had made this man to walke?

    13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac, and of Iacob, ye God of oure fathers hath glorifyed his childe Iesus, whom ye delyuered and denyed in the presence of Pilate, whan he had iudged him to be lowsed.

  • 15 but ye slewe the prynce of life, whom God hath raysed from the deed, of the which we are witnesses.

  • 12 nether is there saluacion in eny other: Ner yet also is there geue vnto me eny other name, wherin we must be saued.

  • 16 Then answered the people, and saide: God forbidde, that we shulde forsake the LORDE, & serue other goddes.

  • 68 Then answered Simon Peter: LORDE, Whither shal we go? Thou hast the wordes of euerlastinge life:

  • 15 And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the myddes amonge the disciples, and sayde: (The company of the names together, was aboute an hundreth and twentye.)

  • 28 Then sayde Peter vnto him: Beholde, we haue forsaken all, and folowed the.

  • 29 But Peter sayde vnto him: And though all men shulde be offended, yet wolde not I be offended.