Acts 15:20
but to write unto them, to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19Wherefore, I, judge, not to be troubling them who, from the nations, are turning unto God;
Cross References
Genesis 35:2And Jacob said unto his house, and unto all who were with him,—Put away the gods of the alien which are in your midst, and purify yourselves, and change your garments;
Exodus 20:23Ye shall not make [aught] beside me,—neither gods of silver, nor gods of gold, shall ye make to yourselves.
Leviticus 3:17An age-abiding statute to your generations, in all your dwellings,—none of the fat nor of the blood, shall ye eat.
Leviticus 17:10And, what man soever, there may be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst, that partaketh of any manner of blood, then will I set my face against the person that partaketh of the blood, and will cut him off from the midst of his people.
Deuteronomy 12:16Howbeit, the blood, shall ye not eat,—upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water.
Deuteronomy 14:21Ye shall not eat any thing that dieth of itself: to the sojourner who is within thy gates, mayest thou give it and he may eat it or thou mayest sell it to a foreigner, for a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid, in the milk of its dam.
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 →