Acts

Acts 15:28–29

²⁸It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements: ²⁹You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things.

Farewell.

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Acts 15:28

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
It seemed good	Ἔδοξεν	Edoxen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1380 I think, seem, appear, it seems
to the	τῷ	tō	Article - Dative Neuter Singular	G3588 the
Holy	Ἁγίῳ	Hagiō	Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular	G40 set apart, holy, sacred
Spirit	Πνεύματι	Pneumati	Noun - Dative Neuter Singular	G4151 wind, breath, spirit
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
to us	ἡμῖν	hēmin	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
not	μηδὲν	mēden	Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular	G3367 no one, nothing
to burden	βάρος	baros	Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G922 a weight, burden
you	ὑμῖν	hymin	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
beyond	πλέον	pleon	Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative	G4119 more, greater
these	τούτων	toutōn	Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plural	G3778 this, he, she, it
essential requirements	ἐπάναγκες	epanankes	Adverb	G1876 necessarily

Acts 15:29

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
abstain	ἀπέχεσθαι	apechesthai	Verb - Present Infinitive Middle	G568 I have in full, am far, it is enough
from food sacrificed to idols	εἰδωλοθύτων	eidōlothytōn	Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural	G1494 sacrificed to an image
from blood	αἵματος	haimatos	Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular	G129 blood
from the meat of strangled animals	πνικτῶν	pniktōn	Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural	G4156 strangled
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
from sexual immorality	πορνείας	porneias	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G4202 fornication, idolatry
You will do	πράξετε	praxete	Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G4238 I do, fare, require
well	εὖ	eu	Adverb	G2095 well, well done
to avoid	διατηροῦντες	diatērountes	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1301 I keep safe, hold fast
these things	ὧν	hōn	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plural	G3739 who, which, what, that
Farewell	Ἔρρωσθε	Errōsthe	Verb - Perfect Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural	G4517 I strengthen, farewell

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Acts 15:28 Revelation 2:24 · Matthew 11:30 · John 16:13 · 1 Corinthians 14:37 · 1 Peter 1:12 · Acts 5:32 · Acts 15:8 · 1 Corinthians 7:40 · Acts 15:19

Acts 15:29 Acts 15:20 · Acts 21:25 · Revelation 2:20 · Revelation 2:14 · Leviticus 17:14 · 1 Corinthians 10:18–20 · Romans 14:20–21 · Jude 1:24 · 1 John 5:21 · 1 Timothy 5:22 · Romans 14:14–15 · James 1:27

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.