Strangling — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

One of four practices from which the early gentile Christians were asked to abstain out of respect for their Jewish Christian brothers and sisters. Jewish law prohibited the eating of any meat from which the animal’s blood was not fully drained at the time of slaughtering. The Jerusalem Council requested the early church to observe this practice in order to keep peace between Jewish and gentile Christians (Acts 15:20, 29 OET ACT 15:20 · OET ACT 15:29; 21:25).

Show passage in OET: ACT 15:20; ACT 15:29

OET-RV ACT 15:20

20 but to write to them to keep away from anything polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, and from strangled animals and eating or drinking blood.

OET-RV ACT 15:29

29 you all must keep away from anything sacrificed to idols, from eating or drinking blood or strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well if you avoid these things. Farewell.

OET-LV ACT 15:20

20 but to _write to _them which to _be _keeping _away from _the pollutions of_ the _idols, and the sexual _immorality, and the strangled animal, and the blood.

OET-LV ACT 15:29

29 to _be _keeping _away from _idol _sacrificed things, and from _blood, and from _strangled animals, and from _sexual _immorality, from which keeping yourselves, you _all _will _be _doing well.
Stay _strong.

Show passage in OET: ACT 21:25

OET-RV ACT 21:25

25 And as for the believers who are non-Jews, we’ve informed them of our recommendation that they should avoid anything that’s been offered to an idol, avoid consuming blood and meat from strangled animals and birds, and avoid sexual immorality.”

OET-LV ACT 21:25

25 But concerning the pagans having _believed, we sent _out having _judged them to _be _keeping, from _the and/both idol _sacrificed thing, and blood, and strangled animals, and sexual _immorality.

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Strangulation was also one of four forms of capital punishment administered by the Jewish law courts. Though it was not mentioned as a method of punishment in the Bible, strangulation was later adopted by rabbinic Judaism as the mode of execution.