Acts 15:10 (WEB)
Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Catechism · 1
“On their own admission the Jews were never able to observe the Law in its entirety without violating the least of its precepts.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 7:19; Acts 13:38-41; 15:10.
Fathers and councils · 10
Jerome
“Acts xv. 10.” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“Acts xv. 10.)” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“The reason why the Holy Spirit did, when the apostles at that time were consulting, relax the bond and yoke for us, was that we might be free to devote ourselves to the shunning of idolatry.” — editor's note: Acts xv. 1–31.
Read the whole comment“It is the “yokes” of “works” that have been rejected, not those of disciplines.” — editor's note: See Acts xv. 10.
Read the whole comment“But however, through the grace of Jesus we believe that we shall be saved in the same way as they.”” — editor's note: See Acts xv. 7–11.
Read the whole comment“…assert that the law has deceased in this sense, that its burdens—according to the sentence of the apostles—which not even the fathers were able to sustain, have wholly ceased: such (parts), however, as relate to righteousness not only permanently remain reserved, but even amplified; in order, to be sure, that our…” — editor's note: See Acts xv. 10.
Read the whole comment“…consulted, determined, by the authority of the Holy Ghost, that “a yoke should not be put upon men’s necks which their fathers even had not been able to bear.”” — editor's note: See Gal. i. 11–24, compared with Acts xv. 5–29.
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John Cassian
“But by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we believe to be saved in like manner as they also.”” — editor's note: Acts xv. 10, 11.
Read the whole comment“But we believe that we shall be saved by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ even as they were.”” — editor's note: Acts xv. 10, 11.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…of the Law; as St. Peter speaks in the Acts, “Why seek ye to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither we nor our fathers were able to bear? [Acts 15:10] For commending the burdens of the Law by fabulous proofs, they bound as it were the shoulders of the heart of their hearers with bands, that thus…” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius II.5.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius II.5.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius V.9.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius V.9.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 23:1–4 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius II.5.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
Cited together in Catechism §578.
