This commandment was part of the [[Noahide laws]] rather than the [[Mosaic law]] and was thus binding on all people.
This commandment was part of the [[Noahide laws]] rather than the [[Mosaic law]] and was thus binding on all people.
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The Book of [[Acts]] in the [[New Testament]] reaffirmed the prohibition on eating blood:
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The [[Council of Jerusalem]], as recorded in the Book of [[Acts]] in the [[New Testament]], reaffirmed the prohibition on eating blood:
{{Bible quote|But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood.|book=Acts|chap=15|verses=20|version=KJV}}
{{Bible quote|But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood.|book=Acts|chap=15|verses=20|version=KJV}}