20 but we should write a letter to them to abstain from the pollution of idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood. 21 For Moses has those who proclaim him in every city from ancient generations, because he[a] is read aloud in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

The Letter from the Council

22 Then it seemed best to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas who was called Barsabbas and Silas, men who were leaders among the brothers—

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:21 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is read aloud”) which is understood as causal