Acts 15:20

but that we write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from lewdness, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

In Context

19For these reasons, my judgment is, that we give no trouble to those who, from among the Gentiles, have turned to God;

21For, from ancient times, Moses has, in every city, those who preach him, being read in the synagogue every sabbath-day.

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Matthew Henry on Acts 15:7-22

The Council at Jerusalem. 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by… Read the whole commentary →

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