King James Version
Acts 15:28 in the King James Version says “For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;” — study this verse from Acts chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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 · KJV
Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. mouth: Gr. word
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
That 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.
So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“it seemed good”
G1380compare the base of g1166) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“to the Holy”
G40sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
“Ghost”
G4151a current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital prin
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“burden”
G922weight; in the new testament only, figuratively, a load, abundance, authority
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