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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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
Send greeting unto the brethren - of the Gentiles - There was no occasion to send such a letter to the brethren which were of the Jews, because that law which had been so long read in their synagogues…
We have here the result of the consultation that was held at Jerusalem about the imposing of the ceremonial law upon the Gentiles. Much more, it is likely, was said about it than is here recorded; but…
Cambridge Bible
And they wrote letters by them after this manner From the form in which the document is here given, we should judge that the original was in Greek. A translation from a Hebrew original would hardly…
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