15:22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided 3 to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, 4 leaders among the brothers, to Antioch 5 with Paul and Barnabas.
1 tc Codex Bezae (D) and other Western witnesses have “he proposed,” referring to Peter, thus emphasizing his role above the other apostles. The Western text displays a conscious pattern of elevating Peter in Acts, and thus the singular verb here is a palpably motivated reading.
2 tn Grk “So they proposed two.” The word “candidates” was supplied in the text for clarity.
3 tn BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.b.β lists this verse under the meaning “it seems best to me, I decide, I resolve.”
4 sn Silas. See 2 Cor 1:19; 1 Thess 1:1; 2 Thess 1:1 (= Silvanus).
5 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).