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Acts 5:29 Interlinear

“answered Then Peter and the other apostles and said to obey We ought God rather than men”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	ἀποκριθεὶς	G611	answered	to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
2	δὲ	G1161	Then	but, and, etc
3	ὁ	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
4	Πέτρος	G4074	Peter	a (piece of) rock (larger than g3037); as a name, petrus, an apostle
5	καὶ	G2532	and	and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
6	οἱ	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
7	ἀπόστολοι	G652	the other apostles	a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the gospel; officially a commissioner of christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers)
8	εἶπον,	G2036	and said	to speak or say (by word or writing)
9	Πειθαρχεῖν	G3980	to obey	to be persuaded by a ruler, i.e., (genitive case) to submit to authority; by analogy, to conform to advice
10	δεῖ	G1163	We ought	also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
11	θεῷ	G2316	God	a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
12	μᾶλλον	G3123	rather	(adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather
13	ἢ	G2228	than	disjunctive, or; comparative, than
14	ἀνθρώποις	G444	men	man-faced, i.e., a human being

Acts 5:29 (current)answered Then Peter and the other apostles and said to obey We ought God rather than men