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Acts 15:30-35
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30 So when they were dismissed,[a] they went down to Antioch,[b] and after gathering the entire group[c] together, they delivered the letter. 31 When they read it aloud,[d] the people[e] rejoiced at its encouragement.[f] 32 Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech.[g] 33 After[h] they had spent some time there,[i] they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.[j] 35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch,[k] teaching and proclaiming (along with many others)[l] the word of the Lord.[m]

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  1. Acts 15:30 tn Or “sent away.”
  2. Acts 15:30 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).
  3. Acts 15:30 tn Or “congregation” (referring to the group of believers).
  4. Acts 15:31 tn Grk “read it.” The translation “read aloud” is used to indicate the actual practice of public reading; translating as “read” could be misunderstood to mean private, silent, or individual reading.
  5. Acts 15:31 tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people) is specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. Acts 15:31 tn Or “at its encouraging message.”
  7. Acts 15:32 tn Here λόγου (logou) is singular. BDAG 599-600 s.v. λόγος 1.a.β has “in a long speech” for this phrase.
  8. Acts 15:33 tn Grk “And after.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
  9. Acts 15:33 tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
  10. Acts 15:33 tc A few mss add 15:34 “But Silas decided to stay there.” Verse 34 is lacking in P74 א A B E Ψ M bo. It is included in a shorter form, with a few minor variations, by (C) 33 36 323 453 614 (945) 1175 1739 1891 al sa, and in a longer form (“But Silas decided to stay with them, and only Judas departed”) by D l. The verse is almost certainly not a part of the original text of Acts, but was added to harmonize with the statement about Silas in v. 40. The present translation follows NA28 in omitting the verse number, a procedure also followed by a number of other modern translations.
  11. Acts 15:35 sn Antioch was a city in Syria (not Antioch in Pisidia).
  12. Acts 15:35 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
  13. Acts 15:35 sn The word of the Lord is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1, Isa 1:10, Jonah 1:1). In the NT it occurs 15 times: 3 times as ῥῆμα τοῦ κυρίου (rhēma tou kuriou; Luke 22:61, Acts 11:16, 1 Pet 1:25) and 12 times as λόγος τοῦ κυρίου (logos tou kuriou; here and in v. 36; Acts 8:25; 13:44, 48, 49; 16:32; 19:10, 20; 1 Thess 1:8; 4:15; 2 Thess 3:1). As in the OT, this phrase focuses on the prophetic nature and divine origin of what has been said.
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Acts 15:30-35
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The Letter Is Delivered to Antioch

30 So when[a] they were sent off, they came down to Antioch, and after[b] calling together the community, they delivered the letter. 31 And when they[c] read it[d] aloud, they rejoiced at the encouragement. 32 Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers by a long message. 33 And after[e] spending some time, they were sent away in peace from the brothers to those who had sent them.[f] 35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch teaching and proclaiming the word of the Lord with many others also.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:30 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were sent off”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 15:30 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“calling together”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Acts 15:31 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“read … aloud”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Acts 15:31 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Acts 15:33 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“spending”) which is understood as temporal
  6. Acts 15:33 A few later manuscripts add v. 34, “But Silas decided to stay there.”
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