King James Version
Acts 15:10 in the King James Version says “Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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?”
Acts 15:10 · KJV
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
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?
But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Now”
G3568"now" (as adverb of date, a transition or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present or immediate
“tempt ye”
G3985to test (objectively), i.e., endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“a yoke”
G2218a coupling, i.e., (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales)
“upon”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“to bear”
G941to lift, literally or figuratively (endure, declare, sustain, receive, etc.)
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