Acts 15:23 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 15:23

and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.

BSB

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ASV

and they wrote thus by them, The apostles and the elders, brethren, unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

KJV

And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:

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Commentary

2 voices

Clement of Alexandria

The Instructor Book 2 (215)

The twelve, having called together the multitude of the disciples, said, "It is not meet for us to leave the word of God and serve tables." If they avoided this, much more did they shun gluttony. And the apostles themselves, writing to the brethren at Antioch, and in Syria and Cilicia, said: "It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no other burden than these necessary things, to abstain from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, from which, if you keep yourselves, ye shall do well."

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And wrote letters - Greek: “Having written.” It does not mean that they wrote more than one epistle. By them - Greek: by their hand.” After this manner - Greek: these things. Send greeting - A word of salutation, expressing their desire of the happiness (χαίρειν chairein) of the persons addressed. Compare Mat 26:49; Mat 27:29; Luk 1:28; Joh 19:3. In Antioch - Where the difficulty first arose. And Syria - Antioch was the capital of Syria, and it is probable that the dispute was not confined to the capital. And Cilicia - See the notes on Act 6:

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And they wrote . . . by them--This is the first mention in the New Testament history of writing as an element in its development. And the combination here of written and oral transmission of an important decision reminds us of the first occasion of writing mentioned in the Old Testament, where a similar combination occurs (Ex 17:14).

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
γράψαντες	grapsantes	having written	G1125 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
χειρὸς	cheiros	[the] hand	G5495 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
Οἱ	Hoi	The	G3588 →
ἀπόστολοι	apostoloi	apostles	G652 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
πρεσβύτεροι	presbuteroi	elders	G4245 →
ἀδελφοὶ	adelphoi	brothers	G80 →
τοῖς	tois	To those	G3588 →
κατὰ	kata	in	G2596 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
Ἀντιόχειαν	Antiocheian	Antioch	G490 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Συρίαν	Surian	Syria	G4947 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Κιλικίαν	Kilikian	Cilicia	G2791 →
ἀδελφοῖς	adelphois	to brothers	G80 →
τοῖς	tois	<the>	G3588 →
ἐξ	ex	among	G1537 →
ἐθνῶν	ethnōn	the Gentiles	G1484 →
χαίρειν.¶	chairein	Greeting.	G5463 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
leads to
- Ezekiel 12:15
  And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
- 1 Peter 1:1
  Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
- John 7:35
  At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the…
- Acts 8:1
  And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
- Acts 26:7
  the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
Through
Acts 15:22
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among…
leads to
- Acts 15:27
  Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you in person the same things we are writing.
- Acts 15:40
  but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
Through
Galatians 1:21
Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
leads to
- Acts 15:41
  And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.