Acts 15:28
For it was pleasing to the Holy Spirit, and to us, that there should not be laid upon you any additional burden, besides these necessary things:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
27And we have sent with them Jude and Silas, that they may tell you the same things orally.
Cross References
Matthew 23:4They tie up heavy burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but will not themselves touch them with their finger.
Acts 5:32And we are the witnesses of these things; and also the Holy Spirit, whom God giveth to them that believe in him.
Acts 15:19Therefore I say to you, let them not crush those who from among the Gentiles have turned unto God.
1 Corinthians 7:25And concerning virginity, I have no precept from God; but I give counsels as a man who hath obtained mercy from God to be a believer.
1 Corinthians 14:37And if any one among you thinketh that he is a prophet, or that he is spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, as being the precepts of our Lord.
1 Peter 1:12And it was revealed to them, in regard to all they were searching, that, not for themselves were they inquiring, but for us they were prophesying of those things, which are now manifested to you by means of the things we have announced to you, by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven; which things the angels also desire to look into.
Matthew Henry on Acts 15:23-36
Decision of the Council at Jerusalem; The Publication of the Decree. 22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: 23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: 24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which… Read the whole commentary →