Acts 15:20

but to command them to abstain from things offered to idols, and from fornication, and from strangulation, and from blood.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

19Therefore I judge, that we should not burden those from the Gentiles turning to God:

21For Moses from ancient generations, has those preaching him in every city, being read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.

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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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