Acts 15:20

But that we write unto them,.... Or send an epistle to them, to this effect, concerning the following things:

that they abstain from pollutions of idols; that is, from eating things offered to…

That we write unto them - Expressing our judgment, or our views of the case. That they abstain - That they refrain from these things, or wholly avoid them. Pollutions of idols - The word rendered…

But that we write unto them - Four things are prohibited in this decree:

1. Pollutions of idols;

2. fornication;

3. things strangled;

4. blood.

By the first, Pollutions of Idols, or, as it is in Act…

We have here a council called, not by writ, but by consent, on this occasion (Act 15:6): The apostles and presbyters came together, to consider this matter. They did not give their judgment…

But that we write unto them The word is used primarily of a charge sent by a messenger, but also, as in Heb 13:22, is often used of what is sent by letter (and hence comes the English word epistle),…