Acts 15:29

Acts 15:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
• New International Version (NIV)You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• New King James Version (NKJV)that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.

Context of Acts 15:29

27We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also shall tell you the same things by word of mouth. 28For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well. 30So they, when they were dismissed, came down to Antioch; and having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle. 31And when they had read it, they rejoiced for the consolation.

Acts 15:29 word by word

ἀπέχεσθαι εἰδωλοθύτων καὶ αἵματος καὶ πνικτῶν καὶ πορνείας· ἐξ ὧν διατηροῦντες ἑαυτοὺς εὖ πράξετε. ἔρρωσθε.¶Read the interlinear

• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• abstainἀπέχωapechō · to have in fullG568
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• sacrificedεἰδωλόθυτοςeidōlothuton · sacrificed to idolsG1494
• toκαίkai · andG2532
• bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• strangledπνικτόςpniktos · strangledG4156
• fornicationπορνείαporneia · sexual sinG4202
• keepδιατηρέωdiatēreō · to keepG1301
• yourselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438

Cross-references for Acts 15:29

• Acts 15:20but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
• Acts 21:25But as touching the Gentiles which have believed, we wrote, giving judgment that they should keep themselves from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication.
• Leviticus 17:14For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is all one with the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
• Romans 14:14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to him who accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
• 1 Corinthians 10:18Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they which eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?
• Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.
• 2 Corinthians 11:9and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
• 1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
• James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
• 1 John 5:21My little children, guard yourselves from idols.
• Jude 1:20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
• Acts 18:21but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you, if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.
• Acts 23:30And when it was shewn to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to thee forthwith, charging his accusers also to speak against him before thee.
• Luke 9:61And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house.
• 2 Corinthians 13:11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace: and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

Commentaries on Acts 15:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Ye shall do well - But, if they did not keep themselves from these things, they would do ill; that is, they would sin against God, whose Spirit had commanded them to keep from these things. And who can do any of these forbidden things, and keep either a guiltless or a tender conscience? Fare-well - An old English form of expressing good wishes and good will. It is compounded of to go, and much, well, very much. Go well, go prosperously! - tantamount with…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29From meats offered to idols - This explains what is meant by “pollutions of idols,” Acts 15:20. Ye shall do well - You will do what ought to be done in regard to the subjects of dispute.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-35Verses 22-35 Being warranted to declare themselves directed by the immediate influence of the Holy Ghost, the apostles and disciples were assured that it seemed good unto God the Holy Spirit, as well as to them, to lay upon the converts no other burden than the things before mentioned, which were necessary, either on their own account, or from present circumstances. It was a comfort to hear that carnal ordinances were no longer imposed on them, which…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29Farewell: This is a common Greek greeting used to end a letter. In the New Testament, it appears only here. Paul often ended his letters with a stronger focus on God’s grace and peace (for example, 1 Corinthians 16:23–24; 2 Corinthians 13:13; see Ephesians 6:23–24; Philippians 4:23; Colossians 4:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:23–28; 1 Timothy 6:21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-2928-29. For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, &c.--The One, inwardly guiding to and setting His seal on the decision come to: the other, the external ecclesiastical authority devoutly embracing, expressing, and conveying to the churches that decision:--a great principle this for the Church in all time. to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things ... from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well--The whole language of these…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 15:29

• Adultery
• Antioch
• Blood
• Catholicity
• Church
• Circumcision
• Council
• Decrees
• Doctrines
• Elder
• Epistles
• Gentiles
• Idolatry
• Judas (Jude)
• Law
• Silas
• Strangled
• Titus

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Commentaries on Acts 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings