But he was opposed by some men who were members of the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), which had Jews from Cyrene and Alexandria. They and other Jews from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia started arguing with Stephen.

There the officer found a ship from Alexandria that was going to sail for Italy, so he put us aboard.

The LORD says, "Come together, people of the nations, all who survive the fall of the empire; present yourselves for the trial! The people who parade with their idols of wood and pray to gods that cannot save them--- those people know nothing at all!

The sailors were terrified and cried out for help, each one to his own god. Then, in order to lessen the danger, they threw the cargo overboard. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone below and was lying in the ship's hold, sound asleep.

This made the sailors so afraid of the LORD that they offered a sacrifice and promised to serve him.

So then, about eating the food offered to idols: we know that an idol stands for something that does not really exist; we know that there is only the one God.