Acts 15:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now therefore why make ye trial of God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Νῦν οὖν τί πειράζετε τὸν Θεόν, ἐπιθεῖναι ζυγὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον τῶν μαθητῶν, ὃν οὔτε οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν οὔτε ἡμεῖς ἰσχύσαμεν βαστάσαι;

Transliteration

Now therefore why peirazete ton Theon, to epitheinai zugon epi ton trachēlon tōn mathētōn, which neither the pateres of us nor we ischusamen bastasai?

Grammar Details

*peirazete*: present, indicative, active, 2nd person, plural - you test/tempt
*ton Theon*: accusative, masculine, singular - God
*epitheinai*: aorist, infinitive, active - to place/put upon
*zugon*: accusative, masculine, singular - yoke
*epi*: preposition + accusative - upon
*ton trachēlon*: accusative, masculine, singular - the neck
*tōn mathētōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of the disciples
*pateres*: nominative, masculine, plural - fathers
*ischusamen*: aorist, indicative, active, 1st person, plural - we were able
*bastasai*: aorist, infinitive, active - to bear/carry

Word Meanings

*peirazete*: you test/tempt/try
*epitheinai*: to place upon/put on/lay on
*zugon*: yoke/burden
*trachēlon*: neck/throat
*mathētōn*: disciples/learners/followers
*ischusamen*: we were able/had strength/were strong enough
*bastasai*: to bear/carry/endure

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Referenced Verses

Matt 23:4 : 4 Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.
Isa 7:12 : 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah.
Gal 5:1 : 1 For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
Heb 3:9 : 9 Where your fathers tried [me] by proving [me], And saw my works forty years.
Heb 9:9 : 9 which [is] a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, {G3361} as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,
Exod 17:2 : 2 Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?
Matt 4:7 : 7 Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.
Matt 11:28-30 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Gal 4:1-5 : 1 But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all; 2 but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed of the father. 3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world: 4 but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Gal 4:9 : 9 but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?

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