Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 15:23

23 Yúshì xiĕ xìn jiāofù tāmen , neì zhòng shuō , shǐtú hé zuò zhǎnglǎo de dìxiōng men , wèn ān tí a , Xìlìyà , jī lì jiā waì bāng zhòng dìxiōng de ān .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 15:23 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 15:23

And wrote letters by them after this manner
Not that they made use of them as their amanuenses, to write their letters for them; but being written they put them into their hands, and sent them by them, and they were written in the following form:

the apostles, and elders, and brethren;
which belonged to, or were members of the church at Jerusalem; they are severally set in their proper place and order: the apostles, Peter, and James, and John, and it may be some others first; for these God had set in the first place in the church; then the elders, or preachers of the Gospel, such as were Judas and Silas: and then the brethren, or private members of the church; who are called so, because they are of one family, and have one Father, and are partakers of the same grace and privileges: these,

send greeting;
or their Christian salutation, wishing all peace and prosperity, both for soul and body, temporal, spiritual and eternal:

unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria
and Cilicia;
the brethren or members of the several churches in these parts, who were Gentiles, are particularly sent to; and not the brethren who were Jews; because they were especially concerned, and to them is the advice directed: Antioch is first mentioned, that being the place where the controversy began; but there being other churches in Syria, besides Antioch, in which were many Gentiles, and also in Cilicia, and particularly at Tarsus, Paul's native place, and where he had preached, ( Acts 9:30 ) ( Galatians 1:21 ) they are therefore mentioned, and being countries near to one another, it is very likely that the controversy had spread itself among them.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 15:23 In-Context

21 Yīnwei cóng gǔ yǐlái , Móxī de shū zaì gè chéng yǒu rén chuán jiǎng , mĕi fùng ānxīrì , zaì gōngtáng lǐ sòng dú .

22 Nàshí , shǐtú hé zhǎnglǎo bìng quán jiàohuì , déng yì cóng tāmen zhōngjiān jiǎnxuǎn rén , chāi tāmen hé Bǎoluó , Bāná bā , tóng wǎng ān tí a qù . suǒ jiǎnxuǎn de , jiù shì chēnghu bā sǎ bā de Yóudà , hé Xīlā , zhè liǎng gèrén zaì dìxiōng zhòng shì zuò shǒulǐng de .

23 Yúshì xiĕ xìn jiāofù tāmen , neì zhòng shuō , shǐtú hé zuò zhǎnglǎo de dìxiōng men , wèn ān tí a , Xìlìyà , jī lì jiā waì bāng zhòng dìxiōng de ān .

24 Wǒmen tīngshuō yǒu jǐ gèrén , cóng wǒmen zhèlǐ chū qù , yòng yányǔ jiǎorǎo nǐmen , huò luàn nǐmen de xīn . ( yǒu gǔ juǎn zaì cǐ yǒu nǐmen bìxū shòu gēlǐ shǒu Móxī de lǜfǎ ) . qíshí wǒmen bìng méiyǒu fēnfu tāmen .

25 Suǒyǐ wǒmen tóngxīn déng yì , jiǎnxuǎn jǐ gèrén , chāi tāmen tóng wǒmen suǒ qīnaì de Bāná bā , hé Bǎoluó , zhù nǐmen nàli qù .