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Nowνῦνthen,οὖνwhyτίare you putting God to the testπειράζετε τὸν θεόνby placingἐπιθεῖναιa yokeζυγὸνonἐπὶthe neckτὸν τράχηλονof the disciplesτῶν μαθητῶνthatὃνneitherοὔτεour fathersοἱ πατέρες ἡμῶνnorοὔτεweἡμεῖςhave been ableἰσχύσαμενto bear?βαστάσαι
Acts 15:10
Study it in the app“Now then, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 15:10, word by word
- are you putting God to the testπειράζετεpeirazete
test
To test someone to see what they are or will do; also to attempt something.
Where else “peirazete” appears- are you putting God to the testθεόνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears- by placingἐπιθεῖναιepitheinai
put on
To load something on someone, like a burden.
Where else “epitheinai” appears- a yokeζυγὸνzygon
yoke
What is imposed and must be borne.
Where else “zygon” appears- the neckτράχηλονtrachēlon
neck
Neck.
Where else “trachēlon” appears- of the disciplesμαθητῶνmathētōn
disciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētōn” appears- neitherοὔτεoute
neither, nor
Neither, nor.
Where else “oute” appears- our fathersπατέρεςpateres
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “pateres” appears- have been ableἰσχύσαμενischysamen
be able
To have the strength or the capacity to do something.
Where else “ischysamen” appears- to bearβαστάσαιbastasai
bear
To carry the weight of others or of something hard without dropping it.
Where else “bastasai” appears
The context
9and he made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10 · This verse (above)
11On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”
To study Acts 15 in a group
1. What it says
What disagreement arose in Antioch, and whom did they send to Jerusalem to deal with it? (vv. 1-2)
2. What it means
How did the apostles and elders reach a decision? Who spoke, and what weighed in it? (vv. 6-22)
3. How I live it
They listened to everyone before deciding (vv. 7, 12). How can you listen better to someone you disagree with?