The Bible in Basic English BBE
New International Version NIV
29 But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.
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Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!
30 The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.
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The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead—whom you killed by hanging him on a cross.
31 Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins.
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God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins.
32 And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.
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We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
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