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Acts 15:20 KJV
Acts · chapter 15 · verse 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 15:20 · King James Version
Acts 15:20 in context
18Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
22Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fornicationporneiaillicit sexual intercourse, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse…G4202 →
- pollutionsalisgēmapollution, condemnationG234 →
- strangledpniktossuffocate, strangled, what is strangledG4156 →
- abstainapechomaito hold one s self off, refrain, abstainG567 →
- writeepistellōto send one a message, command, to write a letter, to enjoin by letter, to write…G1989 →
- idolseidōlonan image, likenessG1497 →
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We have here a council called, not by writ, but by consent, on this occasion (Act 15:6): The apostles and presbyters came together, to consider this matter. They did not give their judgment separately, but came together to do it, that they might hear one another's sense in this matter;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-21