Discussion:

After much debate had taken place, Peter got up and

said to them, "My brothers, you are well aware that from

early days God made his choice among you that through

my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel

and believe. And God, who knows the heart, bore

witness by granting them the holy Spirit just as he did us.

He made no distinction between us and them, for by faith

he purified their hearts. Why, then, are you now putting

God to the test by placing on the shoulders of the disciples

a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able

as they."