But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
But if this thing is actually from God, you won't be able to stop it, and you definitely don't want to find yourself fighting against God.
If God's behind something, trying to stop it just puts you on the wrong side of the fight.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Acts, the apostles were arrested for preaching about Jesus and performing miracles, but they were miraculously released by an angel. Gamaliel, a respected Pharisee and teacher of the law, addressed the Jewish council during a debate on how to handle the growing Christian movement, warning them that if the apostles' work was from God, it could not be stopped and opposing it might mean fighting against God. This advice reflected the cultural tensions between early Christianity and Jewish religious authorities in the first century.
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