Albert Barnes on Acts 15:28
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Acts15:28
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost. This is a strong and undoubted claim to inspiration. It was with special reference to the organization of the church that the Holy Spirit had been promised to them by the Lord Jesus, Mt 18:18-20, Jn 14:26.
No greater burthen. To impose no greater restraints; to enjoin no other observances. Acts 15:10.
Than these necessary things. Necessary,
(1.) in order to preserve the peace of the church.
(2.) To conciliate the minds of the Jewish converts, Acts 15:21.
(3.) Necessary in their circumstances, particularly, because the crime which is specified--licentiousness--was one to which all early converts were particularly exposed. Acts 15:20.
(|) "Ghost" "Spirit" (h) "burthen" Rev 2:24
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