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# Connecting Statement:
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Judas and Silas return to Jerusalem while Paul and Barnabas remain in Antioch.
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# After they had spent some time there
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This speaks about time as if it were a commodity that a person could spend. The word "they" refers to Judas and Silas. Alternate translation: "After they stayed there for a while" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# they were sent away in peace from the brothers
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "the brothers sent Judas and Silas back in peace" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# the brothers
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This refers to the believers in Antioch.
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# to those who had sent them
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"to the believers in Jerusalem who sent Judas and Silas" ([Acts 15:22](../15/22.md))
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