Acts 15:29

Meats offered to idols. This wording gives sharper definition to James’s warning against “pollutions of idols” (see on v. 20).

And from things strangled. Important textual evidence may be cited (cf. p. 10) for the omission of these words as in v. 20. For discussion of these prohibitions see on v. 20.

Do well. Gr. eu prasso. This expression may mean either “to get along well” or “to do right.” Although the former meaning is more common, Christian literature from the 2d century supports the latter, and it seems to be more fitting in the present context.

Evidence from the papyri shows that eu prasso was a term used in epistles of the Koine period to express a courteous request, and the present passage might even be translated, “from which please keep yourselves.”

Fare ye well. A form of the Greek verb rhonnumi, “to be strong,” “to prosper,” that is a common closing salutation in Greek letters. This letter follows standard Greek style at both its beginning and its end (see on v. 23).