Hechos 5:29

29 Pero Pedro y los apóstoles respondieron:
—Nosotros tenemos que obedecer a Dios antes que a cualquier autoridad humana.

Hechos 5:29 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 5:29

Then Peter, and the other apostles, answered and said
Peter began, as the mouth of the apostles, being the eldest man, and very bold and zealous; and the rest followed, or joined, with him in what he said:

we ought to obey God rather than men;
this is said in answer to the charge of disobedience to the orders and commands of the council: men, civil magistrates, and ecclesiastical rulers, are to be obeyed in things which are not repugnant to the will of God; but in things that are, God is to be obeyed, and not men. God had commanded by an angel, that the apostles should go to the temple, and there preach the doctrines of the Gospel; the sanhedrim had forbid them to speak and teach in the name of Christ; who were now to be obeyed? God, and not men: from whence it appears that the apostles were to be justified in disregarding the council, and neglecting its orders; and which is no ways contrary to that obedience and submission, that is to be yielded to those that are in authority, in things civil and lawful.

Hechos 5:29 In-Context

27 Después llevaron a los apóstoles ante el Concilio Supremo, donde los confrontó el sumo sacerdote.

28 —¿Acaso no les dijimos que no enseñaran nunca más en nombre de ese hombre? —les reclamó—. En lugar de eso, ustedes han llenado a toda Jerusalén con la enseñanza acerca de él, ¡y quieren hacernos responsables de su muerte!

29 Pero Pedro y los apóstoles respondieron:
—Nosotros tenemos que obedecer a Dios antes que a cualquier autoridad humana.

30 El Dios de nuestros antepasados levantó a Jesús de los muertos después de que ustedes lo mataron colgándolo en una cruz.

31 Luego Dios lo puso en el lugar de honor, a su derecha, como Príncipe y Salvador. Lo hizo para que el pueblo de Israel se arrepintiera de sus pecados y fuera perdonado.