Acts 15:29

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.

Cross-reference

Acts 15:20 Parallel

Acts 15:20 contains the same list of prohibitions as here, forming the original statement of the Jerusalem Council's decree.

Acts 21:25 Parallel

Acts 21:25 later reaffirms this same four-part decree, showing it was still in effect for Gentile believers.

Acts 16:4 Historical context

Acts 16:4 shows the same decree being delivered to churches, confirming its application and authority.

Acts 10:15 Contrast

Acts 10:15 declares all foods clean, creating a tension with the dietary restrictions (blood, strangled) still required in Acts 15:29.

In Revelation 2:20, Jezebel's teaching leads to the same decree violations: eating idol food and sexual immorality.

In Revelation 2:14, the same two sins from the apostolic decree—food sacrificed to idols and sexual immorality—are condemned in Pergamum.

Leviticus 17:14 provides the OT basis for abstaining from blood, grounding the council's command in God's law.

1 John 5:21 Parallel

1 John 5:21 directly urges keeping from idols, echoing the decree's prohibition of food sacrificed to idols.

1 Corinthians 10:18 discusses participation in sacrifices, explaining why partaking in idol food is incompatible with faith.

Leviticus 7:26 explicitly forbids eating blood of any bird or animal, directly paralleling the decree's command.

Galatians 2:14 shows Paul confronting Peter over forcing Gentile customs, the very issue the Jerusalem decree aimed to resolve.

1 Corinthians 8:1 directly addresses food offered to idols, the first prohibition in Acts 15:29, discussing knowledge and love.

Ezekiel 33:25 condemns eating blood and idolatry, directly echoing the prohibitions on blood and idols in Acts 15:29.

1 Samuel 14:32 Historical context

1 Samuel 14:32 describes Israelites eating meat with blood, a violation that the decree seeks to prevent among Gentiles.

Deuteronomy 12:16 commands pouring blood out like water and not eating it, a clear parallel to the decree's abstention from blood.

Leviticus 17:10 forbids eating blood for Israelites and foreigners, directly supporting the decree's blood prohibition.

Genesis 9:4 Citation

Genesis 9:4 is the original prohibition against eating blood, which the Jerusalem Council reaffirms for Gentile believers.

Romans 14:15 warns against causing a brother to stumble by eating, shifting the focus from the food itself to love and conscience.

Romans 14:20 teaches all food is clean but wrong if it causes stumbling, contrasting with the list of forbidden foods here.

Romans 14:21 advises avoiding anything that causes a brother to stumble, a broader principle that relativizes the specific prohibitions here.

1 Corinthians 5:1 provides a concrete example of the sexual immorality forbidden in Acts 15:29—a man with his father's wife.

Romans 14:14 asserts nothing is inherently unclean, qualifying the absolute food restrictions here with a principle of conscience.

1 Timothy 4:4 says all created food is good, contrasting with Acts 15:29's restrictions on blood and strangled meat.

3 John 1:6 Parallel

3 John 1:6 echoes the exact phrase 'thou shalt do well' from Acts 15:29—a direct verbal parallel.

1 Thessalonians 4:3 commands abstaining from sexual immorality, mirroring the same moral requirement in Acts 15:29.

1 Peter 2:11 urges abstinence from fleshly passions, a broader call that aligns with the specific abstentions in Acts 15:29.