# Acts 15:20

> Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.

— Acts 15:20, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## When

- c. AD 49 (counted from the text)
- Date source: The Council of Jerusalem, fourteen years after the conversion by the count of Galatians 2:1.

## Who ruled

- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII

## What happened

- **The Council of Jerusalem** (AD 49)
  The question is whether a Gentile has to become a Jew to follow Jesus. The answer is no, and it defines Christianity as a separate religion.

## See also

- Acts 15:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/29
- Revelation 2:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/2/20
- Revelation 2:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/2/14
- Genesis 9:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/9/4
- Leviticus 3:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/3/17
- Acts 21:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/25
- 1 Corinthians 8:4-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/8/4
- Leviticus 17:10-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/17/10

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).