Acts 15:28
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;”
πνεῦμα
Spirit, breath, wind. Pneuma. God is Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, God living inside every believer. He leads guides comforts and empowers.
οὗτος
these
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οὗτος
This, this one, this person. This is My Son whom I love. With Him I am well pleased. The words spoken over Jesus are spoken over you through your union with Him.
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δοκέω
It seemed good
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δοκέω
compare the base of G1166 (δεικνύω)) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)
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πλείων
further
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πλείων
more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion
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πλήν
except
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πλήν
moreover (besides), i.e. albeit, save that, rather, yet
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ἐπάναγκες
necessary things
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ἐπάναγκες
(adverbially) on necessity, i.e. necessarily
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ἐπιτίθημι
to lay
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ἐπιτίθημι
to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
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