Acts 15:20

20butἀλλὰto writeἐπιστεῖλαιto themαὐτοῖςτοῦto abstain fromἀπέχεσθαιtheτῶνpollutionsἀλισγημάτωνof theτῶνidolsεἰδώλωνandκαὶτῆςsexual immoralityπορνείαςandκαὶtheτοῦwhich is strangledπνικτοῦandκαὶfromτοῦbloodαἵματος·

but to write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and [from] sexual immorality, and [from] that which is strangled, and from blood.

Vocab difficulty

22.9

Rare words

  • ἐπιστεῖλαι

    ἐπιστέλλω

    2182

  • ἀλισγημάτων

    ἀλίσγημα

    pollution, perhaps a polluted thing (especially of food).

  • πνικτοῦ

    πνικτός

    strangled (i.e. killed without letting out the blood).