Acts 15:15 (WEB)
This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,
Fathers and councils · 4
Irenaeus of Lyons
“But we believe that, through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, we are to be saved, even as they.”” — editor's note: Acts xv. 15, etc.
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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“…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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Augustine of Hippo
“…up again as in the days of old: that the residue of men may inquire for me, and all the nations upon whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord that doeth this.”” — editor's note: Amos ix. 11, 12; Acts xv. 15–17.
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