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Acts 15:28 KJV
Acts · chapter 15 · verse 28
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;Acts 15:28 · King James Version
Acts 15:28 in context
26Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
28For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
30So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- greaterpleiōngreater in quantity, the more part, very many, greater in quality, superior, more…G4119 →
- burdenbarosheaviness, weight, burden, troubleG922 →
- Ghostpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- gooddokeōto be of opinion, think, suppose, to seem, to be accounted, reputed, it seems to me, I…G1380 →
- Holyhagiosmost holy thing, a saintG40 →
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We have here the result of the consultation that was held at Jerusalem about the imposing of the ceremonial law upon the Gentiles. Much more, it is likely, was said about it than is here recorded;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-35