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 24:14

24:14 But I confess this to you, that I worship ⁴  the God of our ancestors ⁵  according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law ⁶  and that is written in the prophets.

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 Or “serve.”

⁵ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

⁶ sn That is, the law of Moses. Paul was claiming that he legitimately worshiped the God of Israel. He was arguing that this amounted to a religious dispute rather than a political one, so that the Roman authorities need not concern themselves with it.