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But who was also appointed (alla kai cheirotonētheis). Anacoluthon. The first aorist passive participle cheirotonētheis is from cheirotoneō, old verb to stretch out the hands (cheir teinō) and so to vote in public. The idea is that this brother was chosen by the churches, not by Paul. Only here in N.T. save Act 14:23 where it means to appoint without notion of raising the hands. In Act 10:41 we have procheirotoneō.
To travel with us (sunekdēmos). Late word for travelling companion. So in the inscriptions (sun, together with, ekdēmos, away from home).