<p>15:10 <i>Therefore, why do you now put God to the test<em>- </em></i>There is the possible suggestion in Acts 15:10 that God was &lsquo;tempted&rsquo; to re-enstate the law of Moses, or parts of it, in the first century, seeing that this was what so many of the early Christians desired to keep. That God is so eager to work with us should in itself be a great encouragement. Or the Greek can mean that they were testing or scrutinizing God inappropriately. See on :8 <em>Bare them witness</em>.</p><p><em>Putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples </em><i>which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?</i>- The Lord Jesus came to place a light yoke upon His followers. Not only were the Judaist brethren acting in the place of the Lord Jesus by putting a yoke on others, rather than bearing it themselves; but the yoke they were placing was heavy and unbearable. A yoke makes the burden lighter by sharing it with others who are under the yoke. The fellowship requirement in this case, circumcision was therefore a yoke. The Lord's yoke was light in that His fellowship is and was open, and not based upon meeting legalistic requirements.</p>