Acts 15:29
that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- διατηρέωdiatēréōto watch thoroughly, i.e. (positively and transitively) to observe strictly, or (negativel
- πνικτόςpniktósthrottled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled)
- εὖeû(adverbially) well
- ἀπέχομαιapéchomaito hold oneself off, i.e. refrain
- εἰδωλόθυτονeidōlóthytonan image-sacrifice, i.e. part of an idolatrous offering
- πορνείαporneíaharlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry
- πράσσωprássōto "practise", i.e. perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from G4160 (ποιέω), w
- αἷμαhaîmablood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Act 15:20, Act 21:25, Rev 2:20, Rev 2:14, Lev 17:14, 1Co 10:18–20, Rom 14:20–21, Jud 1:24