| 27. Linguistic Exegesis The perfect verb apestalkamen {ἀπεστάλκαμεν | apestálkamen} presents the completed commissioning of the delegates with ongoing relevance. The inferential conjunction oun {οὖν | oûn} connects this dispatch to the prior decision of the Jerusalem assembly. The direct objects Ioudan {Ἰούδαν | Ioúdan} and Silan {Σιλᾶν | Silân} specify the emissaries, and the coordinated pronoun autous {αὐτοὺς | autoùs} is expanded by the participle apangellontas {ἀπαγγέλλοντας | apangéllontas} to create an object–complement construction stressing their role as reporters. The prepositional phrase dia logou {διὰ λόγου | diá lógou} indicates the medium as spoken word, and the phrase ta auta ‘the same things’ underscores the consistency of their oral message with the previously conveyed decision. |