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:
The church at Jerusalem sent their own men with Paul and Barnabas not from distrust of these tried servants, but to honor Antioch as a sister-church and to strengthen their hands on the journey. A friend proves better company than any carriage.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 15:22-35
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...
Verse 23. And wrote letters. Greek, Having written. He 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 (χαιρειν) of the persons addressed. Comp. ; . In Antioch. Where the difficulty first arose. And Syria.