15:22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided 4 to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, 5 leaders among the brothers, to Antioch 6 with Paul and Barnabas.
1 tn This verb has been translated as an epistolary aorist.
2 sn Judas and Silas were the “two witnesses” who would vouch for the truth of the recommendation.
3 tn Grk “by means of word” (an idiom for a verbal report).
4 tn BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.b.β lists this verse under the meaning “it seems best to me, I decide, I resolve.”
5 sn Silas. See 2 Cor 1:19; 1 Thess 1:1; 2 Thess 1:1 (= Silvanus).
6 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).