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 BDAG 761 s.v. παραδέχομαι 2 has “receive, accept” for the meaning here.
2 tn Or “announced.”
3 tn “They reported all the things God had done with them” – an identical phrase occurs in Acts 14:27. God is always the agent.
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).
map For location see JP1-F2; JP2-F2; JP3-F2; JP4-F2.