23. They wrote these things by their hand:“The emissaries, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.
24. Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the Torah,’ to whom we gave no commandment;
25. it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26. men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
27. We have sent therefore Judah and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
28. For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay no greater burden on you than these necessary things:
29. that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”
30. So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.
31. When they had read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement.
32. Judah and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words and strengthened them.
33. After they had spent some time there, they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the emissaries.
35. But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming the word of the Lord, with many others also.
36. After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
37. Barnabas planned to take Yochanan, who was called Mark, with them also.