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Acts 21:25 Cross-References
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“As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.”
Acts 21:25 (KJV)
Commentary on Acts 21:25
As touching the Gentiles which believe—The elders clarify that their proposed Jewish vow (v. 23-24) doesn't contradict the Jerusalem Council's decree (Acts 15:20, 29). The four prohibitions—things offered to idols... blood... strangled... fornication—addressed practices particularly offensive to Jewish sensibility, facilitating Jewish-Gentile fellowship without requiring circumcision or full law-observance. The phrase 'we have written and concluded' (ἐπεστείλαμεν κρίναντες, epestéilamen krínantes) emphasizes the settled, authoritative nature of this decision. This verse demonstrates how biblic...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
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