issuing the decree, they merely represent one of the groups whose position is under consideration. Luke certainly does not intend to degrade them. They find themselves in a role similar to that of Peter in 11:1–18*. Titus (Gal 2:1*, 3*) is not mentioned, as is the case throughout Acts. John’s name (Gal 2:9*) also does not appear. For the elders in Jerusalem, compare 11:30*. The Western text makes the subject of ἔταξαν, “appointed,” the Judeans, not the Antiochenes. It replaces the arrangements