Discovery BoxActs 15:22 
Context15:22 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
Context15:27 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).
map For location see JP1 F2; JP2 F2; JP3 F2; JP4 F2.
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).
