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Forγὰρit seemed goodἔδοξενto the Holy Spiritτῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳandκαὶto usἡμῖνto layἐπιτίθεσθαιon youὑμῖνnoμηδὲνgreaterπλέονburdenβάροςthanπλὴνtheseτούτωνnecessary things:τῶν ἐπάναγκες
Acts 15:28
Study it in the app“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these necessary things:”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 15:28, word by word
- it seemed goodἔδοξενedoxen
seem
To seem to be something; “to seem good” is to agree on a decision.
Where else “edoxen” appears- to the Holy Spiritπνεύματιpneumati
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumati” appears- to the Holy Spiritἁγίῳhagiōi
Holy Spirit
God's Spirit, who is his own and sets people apart for him.
Where else “hagiōi” appears- to layἐπιτίθεσθαιepitithesthai
put on
To load something on someone, like a burden.
Where else “epitithesthai” appears- noμηδὲνmēden
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēden” appears- greaterπλέονpleon
more
Abundantly, often, or to a still higher degree.
Where else “pleon” appears- burdenβάροςbaros
weight, burden
Weight, burden; also weight of authority.
Where else “baros” appears- necessary thingsἐπάναγκεςepanankes
necessary
Necessary, required.
Where else “epanankes” appears
The context
27So we have sent Judas and Silas, and they will report the same things by word of mouth.
28 · This verse (above)
29that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”
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?