Acts 4:19 (WEB)
But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
Fathers and councils · 2
Hippolytus of Rome
“But if he will have us abandon the Gospel and give credence to his senselessness, he expends his labour in vain; for “we ought to obey God rather than men.”” — editor's note: Acts v. 29; iv. 19.
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John Chrysostom
“As when they said, “Did not we straitly command you, that ye should not speak in this name?”although able to work any number of miracles, they neither said nor did anything harsh, but answered for themselves with all meekness, saying, “Whether it be right to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.”” — editor's note: Acts iv. 19.
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