28 saying, “We strictly commanded[a] you[b] not to teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching! And you are intending to bring upon us the blood of this man!” 29 But Peter and the apostles answered and[c] said, “It is necessary to obey God rather than men! 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed by[d] hanging him[e] on a tree.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 5:28 Literally “we commanded with a commandment”
  2. Acts 5:28 Some manuscripts have “Did we not strictly command you”
  3. Acts 5:29 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Acts 5:30 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“hanging”) which is understood as means
  5. Acts 5:30 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation