...note B.) and after mature debate and deliberation this is the result of the council ; // seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things, ver. 28. So that those necessary things, specified in the next verse, were, it seems, laid upon them...

...Jerusalem sent to the brethren in distant parts, this gentle intimation of their views: "It seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things." Acts xv. 28. And in the enumeration of particulars, they included no part of the ceremonial law, except...

...us, to lay upon you no greater burthen than these necessary things: 29. That yc abstain from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication ; from which if you keep yourselves, ye will do well. Acts xv. 28, also xxi. 25. 38. It is here worthy of observation,...

...sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. 'For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater...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...

...the Acts:—" It seemed good to the Holy •' Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burthen than these •' necessary things, that ye abstain...keep yourselves, ye shall do well." II. If the law by w^iich the sabbath was instituted was a law only to the Jews, it becomes an important question with...

...good to the Holy Ghost and to us,"—these are the words of the apostolical rescript; " it seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay upon you no greater...and from things strangled, and from fornication." It seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to the apostles, to lay no other restraint upon the Gentile converts:...

...sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater...blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication 5 from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. So when they were dismissed, they...

...twelve. Although he compromised on the circumcision aspect, he wanted Gentile believers to at least "..abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood,...and from things strangled, and from fornication..." (Acts 15:29). The gospel of the kingdom taught by Jesus and the twelve was a gospel for the Jews under...

...men unto you'.' 5 The same thing again, a little bit later in the same chapter: 'For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden." 6 Peter did not, therefore, decide the above-mentioned doubts concerning the faith of his plenitude...

...themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. 28 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: 29 that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled"...