Acts 15:23

15:23 They sent this letter with them: ¹ 

From the apostles ²  and elders, your brothers, ³  to the Gentile brothers and sisters ⁴  in Antioch, ⁵  Syria, ⁶  and Cilicia, greetings!

Acts 16:40

16:40 When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then ⁷  departed.

Acts 21:7

21:7 We continued the voyage from Tyre ⁸  and arrived at Ptolemais, ⁹  and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.

¹ tn Grk “writing by their hand” (an idiom for sending a letter).

² tn Grk “The apostles.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

³ tn Grk “brothers,” but “your” is supplied to specify the relationship, since without it “brothers” could be understood as vocative in English.

⁴ tn Grk “to the brothers who are from the Gentiles.”

⁵ sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).

⁶ tn Grk “and Syria,” but καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

⁷ tn “Then” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to clarify the logical sequence in the translation.

¹³ sn Tyre was a city and seaport on the coast of Phoenicia.

¹⁴ sn Ptolemais was a seaport on the coast of Palestine about 30 mi (48 km) south of Tyre.