Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 5:29

29 Bǐdé hé zhòng shǐtú huídá shuō , shùncóng shén , bù shùncóng rén , shì yīngdāng de .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 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.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 5:29 In-Context

27 Daì dào le , biàn jiào shǐtú zhàn zaì gōnghuì qián , Dàjìsī wèn tāmen shuō ,

28 Wǒmen bù shì yán yáo de jìnzhǐ nǐmen , bùkĕ fèng zhè míng jiàoxun rén má . nǐmen dǎo bǎ nǐmen de dàolǐ chōngmǎn le Yēlùsǎlĕng , xiǎng yào jiào zhè rén de xuè guī dào wǒmen shēnshang .

29 Bǐdé hé zhòng shǐtú huídá shuō , shùncóng shén , bù shùncóng rén , shì yīngdāng de .

30 Nǐmen guà zaì mùtou shàng shāhaì de Yēsū , wǒmen zǔzong de shén yǐjing jiào tā fùhuó .

31 Shén qiĕ yòng yòushǒu jiāng tā gāo jǔ , ( huò zuò tā jiù shì shén gāo jǔ zaì zìjǐ de yòubiān ) jiào tā zuò jūnwáng , zuò jiù zhǔ , jiāng huǐgǎi de xīn , hé shè zuì de ēn , cìgĕi Yǐsèliè rén .