Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Acts 15:20 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Acts 15:20 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Acts chapter 15 verse 20 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
Commentary on Acts 15:20
The Jerusalem Council's Decision: This verse records the apostolic decree addressing Gentile believers' relationship to Mosaic Law. The Greek word ἀπέχεσθαι (apechesthai, "abstain") means to hold oneself away from, indicating active avoidance rather than passive non-participation. Four Prohibitions: (1) ἀλισγημάτων τῶν εἰδώλων (alisgēmatōn tōn eidōlōn, "pollutions of idols")—meat offered to idols; (2) πορνείας (porneias, "fornication")—sexual immorality; (3) πνικτοῦ (pniktou, "things strangled")—meat not properly bled; (4) αἵματος (haimatos, "blood")—consuming blood.Theological Significance: T...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Acts 15:20
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“from blood”
“that you tolerate your{TR”
“because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam”
“It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings”
“the blood of it”
“we have written our decision that they should observe no such thing”
“we know that no idol is anything in the world”
“as some of them were. As it is written”
“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”