Acts 5:39 · WEB
“But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"”
— Acts 5:39
Speaker
Gamaliel
Era
Early Church (~50 AD)
Emotion
deciding
Type
narrative
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
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