Acts 15:20
Acts · New Testament · Chapter 15
“But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.”Acts 15:20
What Does Acts 15:20 Mean?
Acts 15:20 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 15, verse 20 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Acts 15:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
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.”Genesis 9:4“But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.”Revelation 2:20“Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.”Revelation 2:14“But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.”Leviticus 3:17“It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.”1 Thessalonians 4:3“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:”Acts 10:15“And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.”Acts 21:25“As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.”1 Corinthians 5:1“It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.”1 Corinthians 8:4“As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.”1 Timothy 4:4“For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:”Exodus 22:31“And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.”Leviticus 17:10“And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.”1 Corinthians 6:9“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,”1 Corinthians 6:18“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”1 Corinthians 10:7“Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”1 Peter 2:11“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”Exodus 34:15“Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;”Leviticus 7:26“Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.”Deuteronomy 12:16“Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.”
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