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NASB | Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they are to abstain from anything that has been contaminated by [being offered to] idols and from sexual impurity and from [eating the meat of] what has been strangled and from [the consumption of] blood. |
Subject: Abstaining from things strangled, blood? |
Bible Note: Hi WOS, I think you have the essence of what is being said. James gives as his reason for instructing this that its because Moses is read every sabbath, in every city. This law was so deeply ingrained in the Jews, and as Doc wrote, how could it not be an offense? That's how they grew up, in all their generations. I think you are right on target. Love in Christ, Mark |