Discovery BoxActs 15:23 
Context15:23 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 15:11
Context15:11 On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through 7 the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.” 8
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 Or “by.”
8 tn Or “Jesus, just as they are.” BDAG 1016-17 s.v. τρόπος 1 translates καθ᾿ ὃν τρόπον (kaq’ Jon tropon) here as “in the same way as.”
sn In the same way as they are. Here is an interesting reversal of the argument. Jews are saved by grace (without law), as Gentiles are.
