Where does the rule about abstaining from things strangled come from?
The rule about abstaining from things strangled originates in Genesis chapter 9, when Noah and his three sons came off the ark. Prior to that time, nothing was killed to be eaten; they ate only what grew naturally. That is where the prohibition begins.
Les explains that the instruction for Gentile believers to abstain from things strangled goes all the way back to Genesis chapter 9, when Noah and his three sons came off the ark. Up until that time, nothing was ever killed to be eaten; they ate only that which grew naturally. This was part of what the Gentile believing world was to carry out, along with abstaining from things polluted by idols and gross immorality.