Atos 5:29

29 Pedro e os outros apóstolos responderam: “É preciso obedecer antes a Deus do que aos homens!

Atos 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.

Atos 5:29 In-Context

27 Tendo levado os apóstolos, apresentaram-nos ao Sinédrio para serem interrogados pelo sumo sacerdote,

28 que lhes disse: “Demos ordens expressas a vocês para que não ensinassem neste nome. Todavia, vocês encheram Jerusalém com sua doutrina e nos querem tornar culpados do sangue desse homem”.

29 Pedro e os outros apóstolos responderam: “É preciso obedecer antes a Deus do que aos homens!

30 O Deus dos nossos antepassados ressuscitou Jesus, a quem os senhores mataram, suspendendo-o num madeiro.

31 Deus o exaltou, elevando-o à sua direita como Príncipe e Salvador, para dar a Israel arrependimento e perdão de pecados.