Acts 5:29
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.”
θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
ἄνθρωπος
Men
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ἄνθρωπος
Man, human being. Anthropos. A person regardless of gender. God so loved the world. Every human being is loved by God, valued by God and redeemable by God.
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δεῖ
it is necessary
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δεῖ
also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
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πειθαρχέω
Obey
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πειθαρχέω
to be persuaded by a ruler, i.e. (genitive case) to submit to authority; by analogy, to conform to advice
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Πέτρος
Peter
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Πέτρος
a (piece of) rock (larger than G3037 (λίθος)); as a name, Petrus, an apostle
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μᾶλλον
rather
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μᾶλλον
(adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather
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ἔπω
said;
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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ἤ
than
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ἤ
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
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