ACTS 15:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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?”
Now then, why are you trying to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? — Peter's rhetorical question appeals to honest self-assessment: if Jews have struggled under the law's burden, why impose it on gentiles as a salvific requirement? The yoke (zygos) imagery (Matthew 11:29-30) suggests unbearable weight, though Jesus' yoke is described as easy and light—a contrast implying the law's difficulty.
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