What would “abstaining ” have meant back then? Christians did not consume blood, whether fresh or coagulated; nor did they eat meat from an unbled animal.
यांपैकी कोणत्याही प्रकारे रक्‍त शरीरात घेणे देवाच्या नियमाचे उल्लंघन होते. — १ शमुवेल १४: ३२, ३३.