Was Socrates justified in disobeying an explicit command, because it was unjust?

[Sarah]

In the Apology, Socrates disobeys the Athenian demand that he stop philosophizing because he believes that God himself ordered Socrates to "fulfill the philosopher's mission of searching into myself and other men". Socrates then says, "injustice and disobedience to a better, whether God or man, is evil and dishonorable, and I will never fear or avoid a possible good [death] than a certain evil [disobedience to God]." From the standpoint of Athenian law, Socrates is not justified in his disobedience and deserves full punishment of the law. From the standpoint of God, or one's ultimate authority, Socrates was absolutely justified in his disobedience because his call from God comes from a higher authority than human law. From an eternal perspective, Socrates was justified. As a Christian, I do believe that the eternal perspective is more sure than the temporal. However, to the extent possible, the Christian God calls us to obey all those in authority over us because all authorities have been ordained by God himself. We are called to obey unjust rulers or unjust laws so long as those laws do not directly conflict with God's ultimate law.