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29 But Peter and the apostles replied,[a] “We must obey[b] God rather than people.[c]

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  1. Acts 5:29 tn Grk “apostles answered and said.”
  2. Acts 5:29 sn Obey. See 4:19. This response has Jewish roots (Dan 3:16-18; 2 Macc 7:2; Josephus, Ant. 17.6.3 [17.159]).
  3. Acts 5:29 tn Here ἀνθρώποις (anthrōpois) has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).