Acts 15:10

And now why tempt you Aloha, that you would lay a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which nor our fathers nor we could bear?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

In Context

9And nothing distinguished between us and them, because he had purified by faith their hearts.

11But by the grace of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, we believe that we shall be saved, as they.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all you (who) are wearied and bearing burdens, and I will give you rest.

Galatians 4:1But I say that what time the heir is a child, he differeth not from a servant, though he be lord of all,

Galatians 5:1Stand therefore in that liberty with which the Meshiha hath freed you, and be not enthralled with the yoke of bondage.

Hebrews 9:9And this was a figurative representation for the time in which oblations and victims have been offered;-those which have not been able to perfect the consciousness of him who offered them;

Matthew Henry on Acts 15:7-22

The Council at Jerusalem. 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by… Read the whole commentary →

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