that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”
The church at Jerusalem sent their own men with Paul and Barnabas not from distrust of these tried servants, but to honor Antioch as a sister-church and to strengthen their hands on the journey. A friend proves better company than any carriage.
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Commenting on Acts 15:22-35
These four prohibitions, from idols' meat, blood, strangled things, and fornication, are what the Spirit Himself commands you to keep. Do this and you will do well; neglect it and you fail.
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Verse 29. From meats offered to idols. This explains what is meant by "pollutions of idols," . Ye shall do well. You will do what ought to be done in regard to the subjects of dispute. (i) "abstain from meats" (k) "keep yourselves"