'Instructions' in the Bible

Yet let us send them written instructions to abstain from things polluted by connexion with idolatry, from fornication, from meat killed by strangling, and from blood.

Greetings. We have heard that some men, coming from us without instructions from us, have said things to trouble you and have unsettled you.

Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy to come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

Then we went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there. For these were his instructions, since he himself was going by land.

So the soldiers, in compliance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.