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20 but we should write to them to abstain only from things polluted by idols and from fornication and from whatever has been strangled[a] and from blood. 21 For in every city, for generations past, Moses has had those who proclaim him, for he has been read aloud every sabbath in the synagogues.”

The Council’s Letter to Gentile Believers

22 Then the apostles and the elders, with the consent of the whole church, decided to choose men from among their members[b] and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the brothers,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:20 Other ancient authorities lack and from whatever has been strangled
  2. Acts 15:22 Gk from among them

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