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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:
Reference to things strangled and blood from v20 below: Are these upheld today as being necessary things and if not, why? Acts 15:19,20: 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. Acts 15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; Stand in His grace, WOS |
Bible Answer: Dear Brother WOS, I am no expert in such things, but I will express to you what little I do understand. Consuming blood or animals that have been strangled is utterly odious to anyone with a Jewish upbringing. Even though the new Jewish believers were learning to live alongside gentiles in the faith, I think such requirements were primarily a kind consideration for the Jewish brethren. Much later, Paul doesn't reiterate this dietary prohibition. In Him, Doc |