# Acts 15:10

> Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

— Acts 15:10, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## When

- c. AD 49 (counted from the text)
- Date source: The Council of Jerusalem, fourteen years after the conversion by the count of Galatians 2:1.

## Who ruled

- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII

## What happened

- **The Council of Jerusalem** (AD 49)
  The question is whether a Gentile has to become a Jew to follow Jesus. The answer is no, and it defines Christianity as a separate religion.

## See also

- Matthew 23:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/23/4
- Galatians 5:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/5/1
- Galatians 4:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/4/9
- Matthew 11:28-30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/11/28
- Hebrews 9:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/9/9
- Isaiah 7:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/7/12
- Matthew 4:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/4/7
- Exodus 17:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/17/2

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/10
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).