ACTS 15:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 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.
Church Fathers on Acts 15:10
Now therefore why do you tempt God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples? Acts 15:10 What means, Tempt ye God? As if He had not power to save by faith. Consequently, it proceeds from a want of faith, this bringing in the Law. Then he shows that they themselves were nothing benefited by it, and he turns the whole (stress of his speech) against the Law, not against them, and (so) cuts short the accusation of them:
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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