Graphic Bible · Scene 10 of 14
Acts 5:27-32
We Must Obey God
Boldness Under Pressure · Acts 5
Story guide: Questioned about continuing to teach in Jesus’ name, Peter and the apostles answer that they must obey God rather than men. They bear witness to Jesus’ resurrection and exaltation.
Open this scene in the reader →27After bringing them in, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them.
28saying, “We strictly ordered you not to teach in this name, and look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.”
29But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.”
30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed by hanging on a tree.
31God exalted this one to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give reorientation toward God to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
32And 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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