Acts 15:22

15:22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided ¹  to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, ²  leaders among the brothers, to Antioch ³  with Paul and Barnabas.

Acts 15:27

15:27 Therefore we are sending ⁴  Judas and Silas ⁵  who will tell you these things themselves in person. ⁶ 

¹ tn BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.b.β lists this verse under the meaning “it seems best to me, I decide, I resolve.”

² sn Silas. See 2 Cor 1:19; 1 Thess 1:1; 2 Thess 1:1 (= Silvanus).

³ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).

⁴ tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.

⁵ sn Judas and Silas were the “two witnesses” who would vouch for the truth of the recommendation.

⁶ tn Grk “by means of word” (an idiom for a verbal report).