Acts 15:29

“That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, etc.] Which explains what is meant by pollutions of idols, (<441520>Acts 15:20) and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication (See Gill on “<441520>Acts 15:20”) In Beza’s most ancient copy, and in three other manuscripts, and in the Complutensian edition, it follows, “and whatsoever ye would not have done to yourselves, that do ye not to another”; in like manner the Ethiopic version also reads, as in (<441520>Acts 15:20) “from which if ye keep yourselves ye shall do well”; it will be doing a good thing, and make for the peace of the churches; in Beza’s most ancient copy it is added, “born”, or “moved by the Holy Ghost”: being…”

“From 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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Blood - The eating which was never permitted the children of God from the beginning of the world. Nothing can be clearer than this. For, 1. From Adam to Noah no man ate flesh at all; consequently no man then ate blood. 2. When God allowed Noah and his posterity to eat flesh, he absolutely forbade them to eat blood; and accordingly this, with the other six precepts of Noah, was delivered down from Noah to Moses. 3. God renewed this prohibition by Moses, which was not repealed from the time of Moses till Christ came. 4. Neither after his coming did any presume to repeal this decree of the Holy Ghost, till it seemed good to the bishop of Rome so to do, about the middle of the eighth century. 5.…”

“15:29 Farewell: The letter to the churches includes this familiar Hellenistic greeting at the end of a letter, found only here in the New Testament. Paul often ended his letters on a more theological note (e.g., 1 Cor 16:23-24; 2 Cor 13:13; see Eph 6:23-24; Phil 4:23; Col 4:18; 1 Thes 5:23-28; 1 Tim 6:21).”

“ye abstain: Act 15:20, Act 21:25; Lev 17:14; Rom 14:14, Rom 14:15, Rom 14:20, Rom 14:21; Co1 10:18-20; Rev 2:14, Rev 2:20 if ye: Co2 11:9; Ti1 5:22; Jam 1:27; Jo1 5:21; Jde 1:20, Jde 1:21, Jde 1:24 Fare: Act 18:21, Act 23:30; Luk 9:61; Co2 13:11 Acts 15:30”