Commentaries:
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 salutation, expressing their desire of the happiness ( ́ chairein ) of the persons addressed. Compare Matthew 26:49; Matthew 27:29; Luke 1:28; John 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 Acts 6:9. Cilicia was adjacent to Syria. Paul and Barnabas had traveled through it, and it is probable that the same difficulty would exist there which had disturbed the churches in Syria.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Acts 15:23:
Matthew 18:19
Acts 15:1
Acts 15:6
Acts 15:12
Acts 15:22
Acts 16:4
2 Corinthians 13:11
Galatians 1:21
James 1:1
1 Peter 5:12
2 John 1:10
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