Charles Ellicott Commentary Acts 5:29

"But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men." — Acts 5:29 (ASV)

Then Peter and the other apostles.—The whole company of the Twelve, it must be remembered, were now the objects of attack, and they all accept Peter as their spokesman.

We ought to obey God rather than men.—The words are an assertion of the same general law of duty as that of Acts 4:19-20, but the command of the angel in Acts 5:20 had given them a new significance.