Acts 15:10

Now, therefore, why try an experiment upon God, by laying on the necks of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 He made no difference between us and them, in that He cleansed their hearts by their faith.

11On the contrary, we believe that it is by the grace of the Lord Jesus that we, as well as they, shall be saved."

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Cross References

Matthew 11:28"Come to me, all you toiling and burdened ones, and *I* will give you rest.

Galatians 4:1Now I say that so long as an heir is a child, he in no respect differs from a slave, although he is the owner of everything,

Galatians 5:1Christ having made us gloriously free--stand fast and do not again be hampered with the yoke of slavery.

Hebrews 9:9And this is a figure--for the time now present--answering to which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, unable though they are to give complete freedom from sin to him who ministers.

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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