Evidence · Case 12 · Jehovah’s Witnesses
The Acts of the Apostles, chapter 15, verse 28
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The Jerusalem council writes its decision as “it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us,” placing the Spirit alongside people as one who decides.
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- “It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us” is a formula, like “God willing.” It need not mean the Spirit deliberated as a party.
The formula reading is possible in isolation, and this verse contributes to a pattern rather than proving personhood alone. Placing the Spirit alongside the council as a co-decider is at least consistent with personhood and awkward for a force; that is the weight it can bear. Nobody writes it seemed good to the electricity and to us.