For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost - This is a strong and undoubted claim to inspiration. It was with special reference to the organization of the church that the Holy Spirit had been promised to them by the Lord Jesus, Matthew 18:18-20; John 14:26.
No greater burden - To impose no greater restraints to enjoin no other observances. See the notes on Acts 15:10.
Than these necessary things - Necessary:
(1) In order to preserve the peace of the church.
(2) To conciliate the minds of the Jewish converts, Acts 15:21.
(3) In their circumstances particularly, because the crime which is specified - licentiousness was one to which all early converts were especially exposed. See the notes on Acts 15:20.