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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. |
Bible Question: Why did the disciples come up with these two suggestions for the gentiles, abstain from things contaminated by idols,and meat that has been strangled? Any good ideas? Thanks |
Bible Answer: guitarmonkey, We talked about this a little bit at: ID# 64543 Personally I see this as applying to both Jews and Gentiles. I think there is scripture concerning "...what is strangled and from blood.". These may be related to the fact that the spirit of life is in the blood. This seems to go beyond just "cerimonial laws". The spirit of the animals is supposed to return to the ground, but it is wrong to let it go through our bodies (Ecclesiastes 3:21). Why is this to be kept in the new testament? I think it is because God is saying in both the old and new testaments, that the life (spirit) is in the blood: Deuteronomy 12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth? Ecclesiastes 12:7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Based on these scriptures concerning blood, I think that this was more than just a suggestion from the disciples. God's command "...for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. " is still true today for both Jew and Gentile. Pastor glenn |
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